人山人海

Chinese

		people	mountain	people	sea
simp. and trad. (人山人海)		人	山	人	海

Etymology

A chengyu expressing the idea of "a mountain (山) of people (人), a sea (海) of people (人)".

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rénshānrénhǎi

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄕㄢㄖㄣˊ ㄏㄞˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ saan¹ jan⁴ hoi²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngìn-sân-ngìn-hói
Min Nan (POJ): lîn-san-lîn-hái

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: rénshānrénhǎi
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄕㄢㄖㄣˊ ㄏㄞˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renshanrenhae
  - IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ ʂa̠n⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jan⁴ saan¹ jan⁴ hoi²
  - Yale: yàhn sāan yàhn hói
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ saan¹ jan⁴ hoi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ san¹ yen⁴ hoi²
  - IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ sɑːn⁵⁵ jɐn²¹ hɔːi̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngìn-sân-ngìn-hói
  - Hakka Romanization System: nginˇ san´ nginˇ hoi`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngin² san¹ ngin² hoi³
  - IPA: /ɲin¹¹ san²⁴ ɲin¹¹ ho̯i³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn-san-lîn-hái
  - Tâi-lô: lîn-san-lîn-hái
  - Phofsit Daibuun: linsanlinhae
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lin²⁴⁻²² san⁴⁴⁻²² lin²⁴⁻²² haɪ⁵³/

Idiom

人山人海

very crowded or congested (with people)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (人山人海):

Korean: 인산인해 (人山人海, insaninhae)

Korean

Hanja in this term
人	山	人	海

Noun

人山人海 • (insaninhae) (hangeul 인산인해)

Hanja form^? of 인산인해 (“(figuratively) a great crowd of people”).

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