楚河漢界

Chinese

		distinct; clear; orderly distinct; clear; orderly; pain; suffering; ancient place name; surname	river	Chinese; name of a dynasty; man	boundary; scope; extent boundary; scope; extent; circles; group; kingdom (taxonomy)
trad. (楚河漢界)		楚	河	漢	界
simp. (楚河汉界)		楚	河	汉	界

Etymology

During the Chu–Han Contention, Liu Bang and Xiang Yu once signed a ceasefire treaty diving their lands with the Hong Canal (鴻溝／鸿沟 (hónggōu))

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chǔhéhànjiè

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨˇ ㄏㄜˊ ㄏㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): co² ho⁴ hon³ gaai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chǔhéhànjiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨˇ ㄏㄜˊ ㄏㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chǔhéhànjiè
    • Wade–Giles: chʻu³-ho²-han⁴-chieh⁴
    • Yale: chǔ-hé-hàn-jyè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuuherhannjieh
    • Palladius: чухэханьцзе (čuxɛxanʹcze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ xɤ³⁵ xän⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: co² ho⁴ hon³ gaai³
    • Yale: chó hòh hon gaai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tso² ho⁴ hon³ gaai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: co² ho⁴ hon³ gai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔː³⁵ hɔː²¹ hɔːn³³ kaːi̯³³/

Idiom

楚河漢界

1. (figurative) the boundary between the spheres of influence of two parties at war
2. (xiangqi) the separation line between both sides