滄海桑田

Chinese

		vast ocean; large ocean	mulberry plantation
trad. (滄海桑田)		滄海	桑田
simp. (沧海桑田)		沧海	桑田
Literally: “the blue sea turned into mulberry fields”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cānghǎisāngtián

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄤㄏㄞˇ ㄙㄤㄊㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cong¹ hoi² song¹ tin⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: cānghǎisāngtián
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄤㄏㄞˇ ㄙㄤㄊㄧㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsanghaesangtyan
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑŋ⁵⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ sɑŋ⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: cong¹ hoi² song¹ tin⁴
  - Yale: chōng hói sōng tìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsong¹ hoi² song¹ tin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: cong¹ hoi² song¹ tin⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːŋ⁵⁵ hɔːi̯³⁵ sɔːŋ⁵⁵ tʰiːn²¹/

Idiom

滄海桑田

time brings drastic changes to the world; the vicissitudes of life

Synonyms

(short form) 滄桑／沧桑 (cāngsāng)

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