大江南北

Chinese

		big river; large river; the Yangtze River	north and south; distance from north to south; latitude span
simp. and trad. (大江南北)		大江	南北
Literally: “north and south sides of the great (Yangtze) river”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàjiāngnánběi

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄤㄋㄢˊ ㄅㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ gong¹ naam⁴ bak¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: dàjiāngnánběi
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄤㄋㄢˊ ㄅㄟˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahjiangnanbeei
  - IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ nän³⁵ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ gong¹ naam⁴ bak¹
  - Yale: daaih gōng nàahm bāk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ gong¹ naam⁴ bak⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ gong¹ nam⁴ beg¹
  - IPA ^(key): /täːi̯²² kɔːŋ⁵⁵ näːm²¹ pɐk̚⁵/

Idiom

大江南北

(figuratively) all of China

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