浩如煙海

Chinese

		grand; vast (water)	as (if); such as	a vast sea of fog; something huge and voluminous
trad. (浩如煙海)		浩	如	煙海
simp. (浩如烟海)		浩	如	烟海
Literally: “as vase as a sea of fog”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hàorúyānhǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄧㄢ ㄏㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hou⁶ jyu⁴ jin¹ hoi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hàorúyānhǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄧㄢ ㄏㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hàorúyanhǎi
    • Wade–Giles: hao⁴-ju²-yen¹-hai³
    • Yale: hàu-rú-yān-hǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hawruianhae
    • Palladius: хаожуяньхай (xaožujanʹxaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʐu³⁵ jɛn⁵⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hou⁶ jyu⁴ jin¹ hoi²
    • Yale: houh yùh yīn hói
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hou⁶ jy⁴ jin¹ hoi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hou⁶ yu⁴ yin¹ hoi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯²² jyː²¹ jiːn⁵⁵ hɔːi̯³⁵/

Idiom

浩如煙海

1. (of literature, data, etc.) a tremendous amount; voluminous