哀鴻遍野

See also: 哀鸿遍野

Chinese

		sorrow; grief; pity sorrow; grief; pity; to grieve for; to pity; to lament	eastern bean goose; great; large	to blanket the countryside
trad. (哀鴻遍野)		哀	鴻	遍野
simp. (哀鸿遍野)		哀	鸿	遍野
Literally: “plaintive whine of geese”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): āihóngbiànyě

(Zhuyin): ㄞㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄧㄝˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): oi¹ hung⁴ pin³ je⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: āihóngbiànyě
  - Zhuyin: ㄞㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄧㄝˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aihorngbiannyyie
  - IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵ xʊŋ³⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵¹ i̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: oi¹ hung⁴ pin³ je⁵
  - Yale: ōi hùhng pin yéh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: oi¹ hung⁴ pin³ je⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: oi¹ hung⁴ pin³ yé⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /ɔːy̯⁵⁵ hʊŋ²¹ pʰiːn³³ jɛː¹³/

Idiom

哀鴻遍野

a land of wailing and despair; land swarming with disaster victims; disaster victims moaning everywhere

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