學海無涯

Chinese

		learning; sea of knowledge	to be boundless; to be unbounded
trad. (學海無涯)		學海	無涯
simp. (学海无涯)		学海	无涯

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xuéhǎiwúyá

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄏㄞˇ ㄨˊ ㄧㄚˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hok⁶ hoi² mou⁴ ngaai⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xuéhǎiwúyá
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄏㄞˇ ㄨˊ ㄧㄚˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyuehaewuya
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syuéhǎiwúyá
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕɥɛ³⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ u³⁵ jä³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hok⁶ hoi² mou⁴ ngaai⁴
  - Yale: hohk hói mòuh ngàaih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hok⁹ hoi² mou⁴ ngaai⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: hog⁶ hoi² mou⁴ ngai⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /hɔːk̚² hɔːy̯³⁵ mou̯²¹ ŋäːi̯²¹/

Idiom

學海無涯

knowledge is infinite like a boundless ocean; there is no limits to what one can learn

Synonyms

學無止境／学无止境 (xuéwúzhǐjìng)

Derived terms

學海無涯勤是岸／学海无涯勤是岸 (xuéhǎiwúyáqínshì'àn)
學海無涯，唯勤是岸／学海无涯，唯勤是岸 (xuéhǎiwúyá, wéiqínshì'àn)

書山有路勤為徑，學海無涯苦作舟／书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟

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