四通八達

Chinese

		four	go through; know well; to connect go through; know well; to connect; to communicate; open	eight	attain; pass through; achieve attain; pass through; achieve; reach; realize; clear; inform; notify; dignity
trad. (四通八達)		四	通	八	達
simp. (四通八达)		四	通	八	达

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sìtōngbādá

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˋ ㄊㄨㄥ ㄅㄚ ㄉㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sei³ tung¹ baat³ daat⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sù-thong-pat-ta̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sìtōngbādá
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄊㄨㄥ ㄅㄚ ㄉㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìhtongbadá
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ⁴-tʻung¹-pa¹-ta²
    • Yale: sz̀-tūng-bā-dá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhtongbadar
    • Palladius: сытунбада (sytunbada)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ pä⁵⁵ tä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sei³ tung¹ baat³ daat⁶
    • Yale: sei tūng baat daaht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sei³ tung¹ baat⁸ daat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: séi³ tung¹ bad³ dad⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³³ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ paːt̚³ taːt̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sù-thong-pat-ta̍t
    • Tâi-lô: sù-thong-pat-ta̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suo'tongpatdat
    • IPA (Xiamen): /su²¹⁻⁵³ tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² pat̚³²⁻⁴ tat̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /su⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰɔŋ³³ pat̚⁵⁻²⁴ tat̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /su²¹⁻⁵³ tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² pat̚³²⁻⁵ tat̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /su¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ pat̚³²⁻⁴ tat̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /su²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ pat̚³²⁻⁴ tat̚⁴/

Idiom

四通八達

1. to extend in all directions; to open out on all sides; to be accessible from all sides