人滿為患

Chinese

		man; person; people	to fill; to fulfil; filled to fill; to fulfil; filled; packed; Manchurian	because of; for; to because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become	misfortune; suffer (from illness); trouble misfortune; suffer (from illness); trouble; danger; worry; to contract (a disease)
trad. (人滿為患/人滿爲患)		人	滿	為/爲	患
simp. (人满为患)		人	满	为	患

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rénmǎnwéihuàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄇㄢˇ ㄨㄟˊ ㄏㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ mun⁵ wai⁴ waan⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): jîn-móa-ûi-hoān

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rénmǎnwéihuàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄇㄢˇ ㄨㄟˊ ㄏㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rénmǎnwéihuàn
    • Wade–Giles: jên²-man³-wei²-huan⁴
    • Yale: rén-mǎn-wéi-hwàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renmaanweihuann
    • Palladius: жэньманьвэйхуань (žɛnʹmanʹvɛjxuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ män²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯³⁵ xu̯än⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁴ mun⁵ wai⁴ waan⁶
    • Yale: yàhn múhn wàih waahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ mun⁵ wai⁴ waan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ mun⁵ wei⁴ wan⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ muːn¹³ wɐi̯²¹ waːn²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jîn-móa-ûi-hoān
    • Tâi-lô: jîn-muá-uî-huān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jinmoafui'hoan
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zin²³⁻³³ muã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ui²³⁻³³ huan³³/

Idiom

人滿為患

1. to cause problems due to being overcrowded; to cause problems due to being packed with people

   到了旅遊旺季，各大景點都人滿為患。 [MSC, trad.]
   到了旅游旺季，各大景点都人满为患。 [MSC, simp.]

   Dào le lǚyóu wàngjì, gè dà jǐngdiǎn dōu rénmǎnwèihuàn. [Pinyin]

   During peak seasons for tourism, every site is packed with people.