"東西南北" meaning in All languages combined

See 東西南北 on Wiktionary

Phrase [Chinese]

IPA: /tʊŋ⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵ nän³⁵ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /tʊŋ⁵⁵ sɐi̯⁵⁵ naːm²¹ pɐk̚⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /tuŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ si²⁴ nam¹¹ pet̚²/ [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /tʊŋ⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵ nän³⁵ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/, /tʊŋ⁵⁵ sɐi̯⁵⁵ naːm²¹ pɐk̚⁵/, /tuŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ si²⁴ nam¹¹ pet̚²/ Chinese transliterations: dōngxīnánběi [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄉㄨㄥ ㄒㄧ ㄋㄢˊ ㄅㄟˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], dung¹ sai¹ naam⁴ bak¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], tûng-sî-nàm-pet [Hakka, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], dōngxīnánběi [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], dongsinánběi [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], tung¹-hsi¹-nan²-pei³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], dūng-syī-nán-běi [Mandarin, Yale], dongshinanbeei [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], дунсинаньбэй [Mandarin, Palladius], dunsinanʹbɛj [Mandarin, Palladius], dūng sāi nàahm bāk [Cantonese, Yale], dung¹ sai¹ naam⁴ bak⁷ [Cantonese, Pinyin], dung¹ sei¹ nam⁴ beg¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], tûng-sî-nàm-pet [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], dung´ xi´ namˇ bed` [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], dung¹ xi¹ nam² bed⁵ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian]
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 東西南北
  1. east, west, south and north; everywhere; all corners of the world Tags: idiomatic Derived forms: 不問東西南北, 不问东西南北, 東西南北人, 东西南北人, 東西南北客, 东西南北客 Related terms: 東西南北中 (dōngxīnánběizhōng), 东西南北中 (dōngxīnánběizhōng)
    Sense id: en-東西南北-zh-phrase-SHYKMFem Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [to̞ːza̠i nã̠mbo̞kɯ̟ᵝ] Forms: 東西南北 [canonical] (ruby: (とう), 西(ざい), (なん), (ぼく)), tōzai nanboku [romanization]
Etymology: Middle Chinese 東西南北, from 東西 (“east and west”) + 南北 (“north and south”) Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|東西南北|sort=とうざいなんぼく}} Middle Chinese 東西南北, {{af|ja|東西|南北|sort=とうざいなんぼく|t1=east and west|t2=north and south}} 東西 (“east and west”) + 南北 (“north and south”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|とうざい なんぼく}} 東(とう)西(ざい)南(なん)北(ぼく) • (tōzai nanboku)
  1. (literal) east, west, south and north Categories (topical): Compass points
    Sense id: en-東西南北-ja-noun-41fAnH7t Disambiguation of Compass points: 58 42 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 63 37 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 60 40 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 63 37
  2. (figurative) everywhere; all directions Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-東西南北-ja-noun-dQTguSio Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 46 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 西南 (seinan) (ruby: 西(せい), (なん))

Alternative forms

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      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ltc",
        "3": "東西南北",
        "sort": "とうざいなんぼく"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Chinese 東西南北",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "東西",
        "3": "南北",
        "sort": "とうざいなんぼく",
        "t1": "east and west",
        "t2": "north and south"
      },
      "expansion": "東西 (“east and west”) + 南北 (“north and south”)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Middle Chinese 東西南北, from 東西 (“east and west”) + 南北 (“north and south”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "東西南北",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "東",
          "とう"
        ],
        [
          "西",
          "ざい"
        ],
        [
          "南",
          "なん"
        ],
        [
          "北",
          "ぼく"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tōzai nanboku",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "とうざい なんぼく"
      },
      "expansion": "東(とう)西(ざい)南(なん)北(ぼく) • (tōzai nanboku)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "seinan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "西",
          "せい"
        ],
        [
          "南",
          "なん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "西南"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "east, west, south and north"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "east",
          "east"
        ],
        [
          "west",
          "west"
        ],
        [
          "south",
          "south"
        ],
        [
          "north",
          "north"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "literal",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literal) east, west, south and north"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "everywhere; all directions"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "everywhere",
          "everywhere"
        ],
        [
          "direction",
          "direction"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) everywhere; all directions"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "とーざいなんぼく"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[to̞ːza̠i nã̠mbo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "東西南北"
}

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