百川歸海

Chinese

		rivers, lakes and marshes	to go back; to return	ocean; sea
trad. (百川歸海)		百川	歸	海
simp. (百川归海)		百川	归	海
Literally: “all rivers flow to the sea”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bǎichuānguīhǎi

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˇ ㄔㄨㄢㄍㄨㄟㄏㄞˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baak³ cyun¹ gwai¹ hoi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bǎichuānguīhǎi
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˇ ㄔㄨㄢㄍㄨㄟㄏㄞˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bǎichuangueihǎi
  - Wade–Giles: pai³-chʻuan¹-kuei¹-hai³
  - Yale: bǎi-chwān-gwēi-hǎi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baechuangueihae
  - Palladius: байчуаньгуйхай (bajčuanʹgujxaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: baak³ cyun¹ gwai¹ hoi²
  - Yale: baak chyūn gwāi hói
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁸ tsyn¹ gwai¹ hoi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: bag³ qun¹ guei¹ hoi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚³ t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵ kʷɐi̯⁵⁵ hɔːi̯³⁵/

Idiom

百川歸海

natural trend; all eyes look toward; all things tend to go in the same logical direction; everyone turns to somebody for guidance

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