鋪天蓋地

See also: 铺天盖地

Chinese

		a bed; a store; to spread	day; sky; heaven	cover; lid; top cover; lid; top; canopy; to build	earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly
trad. (鋪天蓋地)		鋪	天	蓋	地
simp. (铺天盖地)		铺	天	盖	地
Literally: “hiding the sky and covering the earth”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pūtiāngàidì

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄨㄊㄧㄢㄍㄞˋ ㄉㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pou¹ tin¹ goi³ dei⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: pūtiāngàidì
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄨㄊㄧㄢㄍㄞˋ ㄉㄧˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: putiangaydih
  - IPA ^(key): /pʰu⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ kaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: pou¹ tin¹ goi³ dei⁶
  - Yale: pōu tīn goi deih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pou¹ tin¹ goi³ dei⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: pou¹ tin¹ goi³ déi⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /pʰou̯⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵ kɔːi̯³³ tei̯²²/

Idiom

鋪天蓋地

to flood in; earth-shattering; to be omnipresent; everywhere

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.