桂林山水甲天下

Chinese

		Guilin	mountains and water bodies; scenery; landscape mountains and water bodies; scenery; landscape; view	1st heavenly stem; armour; shell	under heaven; the world; everything under the sky under heaven; the world; everything under the sky; all under heaven
simp. and trad. (桂林山水甲天下)		桂林	山水	甲	天下

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Guìlín shānshuǐ jiǎ tiānxià

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄕㄢ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai³ lam⁴ saan¹ seoi² gaap³ tin¹ haa⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Guìlín shānshuǐ jiǎ tiānxià [Phonetic: guìlínshānshuíjiǎtiānxià]
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄕㄢ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Guèilín shanshuěi jiǎ tiansià
    • Wade–Giles: Kuei⁴-lin² shan¹-shui³ chia³ tʻien¹-hsia⁴
    • Yale: Gwèi-lín shān-shwěi jyǎ tyān-syà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Gueylin shanshoei jea tianshiah
    • Palladius: Гуйлинь шаньшуй цзя тянься (Gujlinʹ šanʹšuj czja tjanʹsja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹ lin³⁵ ʂän⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwai³ lam⁴ saan¹ seoi² gaap³ tin¹ haa⁶
    • Yale: gwai làhm sāan séui gaap tīn hah
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwai³ lam⁴ saan¹ soey² gaap⁸ tin¹ haa⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: guei³ lem⁴ san¹ sêu² gab³ tin¹ ha⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯³³ lɐm²¹ saːn⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵ kaːp̚³ tʰiːn⁵⁵ haː²²/

Proverb

桂林山水甲天下

1. The landscapes of Guilin are the finest in the world