寰宇

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。 [MSC, trad.]
  要似昆仑崩绝壁，又恰像台风扫寰宇。 [MSC, simp.]
  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. [Pinyin]
  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