學海無涯

Chinese

		learning; sea of knowledge	to be boundless; to be unbounded
trad. (學海無涯)		學海	無涯
simp. (学海无涯)		学海	无涯

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuéhǎiwúyá

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄏㄞˇ ㄨˊ ㄧㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hok⁶ hoi² mou⁴ ngaai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuéhǎiwúyá
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄏㄞˇ ㄨˊ ㄧㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuéhǎiwúyá
    • Wade–Giles: hsüeh²-hai³-wu²-ya²
    • Yale: sywé-hǎi-wú-yá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyuehaewuya
    • Palladius: сюэхайуя (sjuexajuja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ u³⁵ jä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hok⁶ hoi² mou⁴ ngaai⁴
    • Yale: hohk hói mòuh ngàaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hok⁹ hoi² mou⁴ ngaai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hog⁶ hoi² mou⁴ ngai⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːk̚² hɔːi̯³⁵ mou̯²¹ ŋaːi̯²¹/

Idiom

學海無涯

1. knowledge is infinite like a boundless ocean; there is no limits to what one can learn

Synonyms

• 學無止境／学无止境 (xuéwúzhǐjìng)

Derived terms

• 學海無涯勤是岸 / 学海无涯勤是岸 (xuéhǎiwúyáqínshì'àn)
• 學海無涯，唯勤是岸 / 学海无涯，唯勤是岸 (xuéhǎiwúyá, wéiqínshì'àn)
• 書山有路勤為徑，學海無涯苦作舟 / 书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟