桑田滄海

Chinese

		mulberry plantation	vast ocean; large ocean
trad. (桑田滄海)		桑田	滄海
simp. (桑田沧海)		桑田	沧海
Literally: “mulberry fields (turned into) the vast sea”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sāngtiáncānghǎi

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄤㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄘㄤㄏㄞˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): song¹ tin⁴ cong¹ hoi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sāngtiáncānghǎi
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄤㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄘㄤㄏㄞˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sangtiáncanghǎi
  - Wade–Giles: sang¹-tʻien²-tsʻang¹-hai³
  - Yale: sāng-tyán-tsāng-hǎi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sangtyantsanghae
  - Palladius: сантяньцанхай (santjanʹcanxaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɑŋ⁵⁵ tʰjɛn³⁵ t͡sʰɑŋ⁵⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: song¹ tin⁴ cong¹ hoi²
  - Yale: sōng tìhn chōng hói
  - Cantonese Pinyin: song¹ tin⁴ tsong¹ hoi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: song¹ tin⁴ cong¹ hoi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɔːŋ⁵⁵ tʰiːn²¹ t͡sʰɔːŋ⁵⁵ hɔːi̯³⁵/

Idiom

桑田滄海

Synonym of 滄海桑田／沧海桑田 (cānghǎisāngtián, “time brings drastic changes to the world; the vicissitudes of life”).

Japanese

Kanji in this term
桑	田	滄	海
そう Grade: S	でん Grade: 1	そう Hyōgaiji	かい Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
桑田滄海 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Borrowed from Literary Chinese 桑田滄海, literally “the mulberry fields turned into blue sea”.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) そーでんそーかい [sòódéńsóókáí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [so̞ːdẽ̞ɰ̃so̞ːka̠i]

Idiom

桑(そう)田(でん)滄(そう)海(かい) • (sōdensōkai) ^{←さうでんさうかい (saudensaukai)^?}

(figuratively) drastic changes in the world

See also

桑(そう)田(でん)変(へん)じて滄(そう)海(かい)となる (sōden henjite sōkai to naru)
滄(そう)海(かい)桑(そう)田(でん) (sōkaisōden)
滄(そう)海(かい)変(へん)じて桑(そう)田(でん)となる (sōkai henjite sōden to naru)
桑(そう)田(でん)碧(へき)海(かい) (sōdenhekikai)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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