八仙過海，各顯神通

See also: 八仙过海，各显神通

Chinese

		Eight Immortals	to cross the sea; to go abroad; to go overseas		everybody using their talents to achieve a common goal
trad. (八仙過海，各顯神通)		八仙	過海	，	各顯神通
simp. (八仙过海，各显神通)		八仙	过海	，	各显神通
Literally: “The Eight Immortals cross the sea, each revealing their divine power”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bāxiānguòhǎi, gèxiǎnshéntōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄒㄧㄢ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄞˇ , ㄍㄜˋ ㄒㄧㄢˇ ㄕㄣˊ ㄊㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baat³ sin¹ gwo³ hoi², gok³ hin² san⁴ tung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bāxiānguòhǎi, gèxiǎnshéntōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄒㄧㄢ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄞˇ , ㄍㄜˋ ㄒㄧㄢˇ ㄕㄣˊ ㄊㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: basianguòhǎi, gèsiǎnshéntong
    • Wade–Giles: pa¹-hsien¹-kuo⁴-hai³, ko⁴-hsien³-shên²-tʻung¹
    • Yale: bā-syān-gwò-hǎi-, gè-syǎn-shén-tūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bashianguohhae, gehsheansherntong
    • Palladius: басяньгохай, гэсяньшэньтун (basjanʹgoxaj, gɛsjanʹšɛnʹtun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ⁵¹ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kɤ⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂən³⁵ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baat³ sin¹ gwo³ hoi², gok³ hin² san⁴ tung¹
    • Yale: baat sīn gwo hói, gok hín sàhn tūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baat⁸ sin¹ gwo³ hoi², gok⁸ hin² san⁴ tung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bad³ xin¹ guo³ hoi², gog³ hin² sen⁴ tung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːt̚³ siːn⁵⁵ kʷɔː³³ hɔːi̯³⁵ kɔːk̚³ hiːn³⁵ sɐn²¹ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

八仙過海，各顯神通

1. everybody using their talents or skills to achieve a common goal

See also

• (Cantonese) 過咗海就係神仙／过咗海就系神仙 (gwo³ zo² hoi² zau⁶ hai⁶ san⁴ sin¹)