寰宇

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Chinese

		large domain	room; universe
simp. and trad. (寰宇)		寰	宇

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huányǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄢˊ ㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): waan⁴ jyu⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoân-ú / khoân-ú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huányǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄢˊ ㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huányǔ
  - Wade–Giles: huan²-yü³
  - Yale: hwán-yǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwanyeu
  - Palladius: хуаньюй (xuanʹjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯än³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: waan⁴ jyu⁵
  - Yale: wàahn yúh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: waan⁴ jy⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: wan⁴ yu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːn²¹ jyː¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoân-ú
  - Tâi-lô: huân-ú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoan'uo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /huan²⁴⁻²² u⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoân-ú
  - Tâi-lô: khuân-ú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qoan'uo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰuan²⁴⁻²² u⁵³/

Noun

寰宇

(literary) whole world; whole earth; universe
- 要似崑崙崩絕壁，又恰像颱風掃寰宇。
  要似昆仑崩绝壁，又恰像台风扫寰宇。
  From: 1923, Mao Zedong, 《贺新郎·别友》 (“To Yang Kaihui”), English translation by Xu Yuanchong
  Yào sì Kūnlún bēng juébì, Yòu qià xiàng táifēng sǎo huányǔ.
  Just as Mount Kunlun thrusts its cliffs asunder
  Or the typhoon sweeps the world under.

Synonyms

(literary) 寰球 (huánqiú)

Derived terms

威震寰宇

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