四方八面

Chinese

		the four directions	all around; in all directions; from every direction all around; in all directions; from every direction; eight faces
trad. (四方八面)		四方	八面
simp. #(四方八面)		四方	八面
anagram		四面八方

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sìfāngbāmiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˋ ㄈㄤ ㄅㄚ ㄇㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sei³ fong¹ baat³ min⁶
• Eastern Min (BUC): sé-*huŏng-*báik-miêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sìfāngbāmiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄈㄤ ㄅㄚ ㄇㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìhfangbamiàn
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ⁴-fang¹-pa¹-mien⁴
    • Yale: sz̀-fāng-bā-myàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhfangbamiann
    • Palladius: сыфанбамянь (syfanbamjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹ fɑŋ⁵⁵ pä⁵⁵ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sei³ fong¹ baat³ min⁶
    • Yale: sei fōng baat mihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sei³ fong¹ baat⁸ min⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: séi³ fong¹ bad³ min⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³³ fɔːŋ⁵⁵ paːt̚³ miːn²²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sé-*huŏng-*báik-miêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /si²¹³⁻⁵⁵ huoŋ⁵⁵⁽⁻²¹⁾ pɛiʔ²⁴⁻⁵⁵ miɛŋ²⁴²/

Idiom

四方八面

1. Synonym of 四面八方 (sìmiànbāfāng, “in all directions; all around; far and near”)

See also

• 圐圙 (kūlüè)