跋山涉水

Chinese

		travel; walk	mountain; hill	involve; concern; wade involve; concern; wade; to experience	water; river
trad. (跋山涉水)		跋	山	涉	水
simp. #(跋山涉水)		跋	山	涉	水
Literally: “to scale mountains and ford streams”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báshānshèshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚˊ ㄕㄢ ㄕㄜˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat⁶ saan¹ sip³ seoi²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): poa̍t-san-sia̍p-súi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báshānshèshuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚˊ ㄕㄢ ㄕㄜˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báshanshèshuěi
    • Wade–Giles: pa²-shan¹-shê⁴-shui³
    • Yale: bá-shān-shè-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: barshanshehshoei
    • Palladius: башаньшэшуй (bašanʹšɛšuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä³⁵ ʂän⁵⁵ ʂɤ⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat⁶ saan¹ sip³ seoi²
    • Yale: baht sāan sip séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁹ saan¹ sip⁸ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed⁶ san¹ xib³ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚² saːn⁵⁵ siːp̚³ sɵy̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: poa̍t-san-sia̍p-súi
    • Tâi-lô: pua̍t-san-sia̍p-suí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poadsansiabsuie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /puat̚⁴⁻³² san⁴⁴⁻²² siap̚⁴⁻³² sui⁵³/

Idiom

跋山涉水

1. to travel afar under difficult conditions; to travel over land and water