眾望所歸

Chinese

		numerous; multitude; crowd	hope; expect; to visit hope; expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); look towards; towards	actually; place; (nominalization prefix)	to go back; to return
trad. (眾望所歸/衆望所歸)		眾/衆	望	所	歸
simp. (众望所归)		众	望	所	归

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhòngwàngsuǒguī

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄨㄤˋ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄍㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung³ mong⁶ so² gwai¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chung-mong-só-kuî

  (Hailu, HRS): zhung^ˇ mong^˖ so^ˊ gui^ˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhòngwàngsuǒguī
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄨㄤˋ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄍㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhòngwàngsuǒguei
    • Wade–Giles: chung⁴-wang⁴-so³-kuei¹
    • Yale: jùng-wàng-swǒ-gwēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jonqwanqsuooguei
    • Palladius: чжунвансогуй (čžunvansoguj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ wɑŋ⁵¹ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung³ mong⁶ so² gwai¹
    • Yale: jung mohng só gwāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung³ mong⁶ so² gwai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung³ mong⁶ so² guei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ³³ mɔːŋ²² sɔː³⁵ kʷɐi̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chung-mong-só-kuî
    • Hakka Romanization System: zung mong so^ˋ gui^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zung⁴ mong⁴ so³ gui¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡suŋ⁵⁵ moŋ⁵⁵ so³¹ ku̯i²⁴/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: zhung^ˇ mong^˖ so^ˊ gui^ˋ
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃuŋ¹¹ moŋ³³ so²⁴ kui⁵³/

Idiom

眾望所歸

1. to enjoy popular support

References

• “Entry #17309”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.