人山人海

Chinese

		people	mountain	people	sea
simp. and trad. (人山人海)		人	山	人	海

Etymology

A chengyu expressing the idea of "a mountain (山 (shān)) of people (人 (rén)), a sea (海 (hǎi)) of people (人 (rén))".

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rénshānrénhǎi

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄕㄢㄖㄣˊ ㄏㄞˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ saan¹ jan⁴ hoi²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngìn-sân-ngìn-hói
Min Nan (POJ): lîn-san-lîn-hái / jîn-san-jîn-hái

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: rénshānrénhǎi
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄕㄢㄖㄣˊ ㄏㄞˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: rénshanrénhǎi
  - Wade–Giles: jên²-shan¹-jên²-hai³
  - Yale: rén-shān-rén-hǎi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renshanrenhae
  - Palladius: жэньшаньжэньхай (žɛnʹšanʹžɛnʹxaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ ʂän⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jan⁴ saan¹ jan⁴ hoi²
  - Yale: yàhn sāan yàhn hói
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ saan¹ jan⁴ hoi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ san¹ yen⁴ hoi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ saːn⁵⁵ jɐn²¹ hɔːi̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngìn-sân-ngìn-hói
  - Hakka Romanization System: nginˇ san´ nginˇ hoi`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngin² san¹ ngin² hoi³
  - Sinological IPA: /ɲin¹¹ san²⁴ ɲin¹¹ hoi̯³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn-san-lîn-hái
  - Tâi-lô: lîn-san-lîn-hái
  - Phofsit Daibuun: linsanlinhae
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lin²⁴⁻²² san⁴⁴⁻²² lin²⁴⁻²² hai⁵³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jîn-san-jîn-hái
  - Tâi-lô: jîn-san-jîn-hái
  - Phofsit Daibuun: jinsanjinhae
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ʑin²³⁻³³ san⁴⁴⁻³³ ʑin²³⁻³³ hai⁴¹/

Idiom

人山人海

very crowded or congested (with people)

Synonyms

水洩不通／水泄不通 (shuǐxièbùtōng), 萬人空巷／万人空巷 (wànrénkōngxiàng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (人山人海):

→ Korean: 인산인해(人山人海) (insaninhae)

Korean

Hanja in this term
人	山	人	海

Noun

人山人海 • (insaninhae) (hangeul 인산인해)

Hanja form^? of 인산인해 (“(figuratively) a great crowd of people”).

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