百川歸海

Chinese

		rivers, lakes and marshes	to go back; to return	ocean; sea
trad. (百川歸海)		百川	歸	海
simp. (百川归海)		百川	归	海
Literally: “all rivers flow to the sea”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎichuānguīhǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˇ ㄔㄨㄢ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄏㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak³ cyun¹ gwai¹ hoi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎichuānguīhǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˇ ㄔㄨㄢ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄏㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎichuangueihǎi
    • Wade–Giles: pai³-chʻuan¹-kuei¹-hai³
    • Yale: bǎi-chwān-gwēi-hǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baechuangueihae
    • Palladius: байчуаньгуйхай (bajčuanʹgujxaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak³ cyun¹ gwai¹ hoi²
    • Yale: baak chyūn gwāi hói
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁸ tsyn¹ gwai¹ hoi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag³ qun¹ guei¹ hoi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚³ t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵ kʷɐi̯⁵⁵ hɔːi̯³⁵/

Idiom

百川歸海

1. natural trend; all eyes look toward; all things tend to go in the same logical direction; everyone turns to somebody for guidance