東西南北

See also: 东西南北

Chinese

		east and west; nearby; vicinity	north and south; distance from north to south; latitude span
trad. (東西南北)		東西	南北
simp. (东西南北)		东西	南北

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dōngxīnánběi

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥㄒㄧㄋㄢˊ ㄅㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dung¹ sai¹ naam⁴ bak¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tûng-sî-nàm-pet

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dōngxīnánběi
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥㄒㄧㄋㄢˊ ㄅㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dongsinánběi
  - Wade–Giles: tung¹-hsi¹-nan²-pei³
  - Yale: dūng-syī-nán-běi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dongshinanbeei
  - Palladius: дунсинаньбэй (dunsinanʹbɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵ nän³⁵ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dung¹ sai¹ naam⁴ bak¹
  - Yale: dūng sāi nàahm bāk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dung¹ sai¹ naam⁴ bak⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: dung¹ sei¹ nam⁴ beg¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ sɐi̯⁵⁵ naːm²¹ pɐk̚⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tûng-sî-nàm-pet
  - Hakka Romanization System: dung´ xi´ namˇ bed`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: dung¹ xi¹ nam² bed⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /tuŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ si²⁴ nam¹¹ pet̚²/

Idiom

東西南北

east, west, south and north; everywhere; all corners of the world

Derived terms

不問東西南北／不问东西南北
東西南北人／东西南北人
東西南北客／东西南北客

See also

東西南北中／东西南北中 (dōngxīnánběizhōng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
東	西	南	北
とう Grade: 2	さい > ざい Grade: 2	なん Grade: 2	ほく > ぼく Grade: 2
goon

Etymology

Middle Chinese 東西南北, from 東西 (“east and west”) +‎ 南北 (“north and south”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) とーざいなんぼく [tòózáí náꜜǹbòkù] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
IPA^(key): [to̞ːza̠i nã̠mbo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

東(とう)西(ざい)南(なん)北(ぼく) • (tōzai nanboku)

(literal) east, west, south and north
(figurative) everywhere; all directions

See also

西(せい)南(なん) (seinan)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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