福如東海

Chinese

		good fortune; happiness; luck good fortune; happiness; luck; Fujian province (abbrev.); surname	as (if); such as	East China Sea; South China Sea
trad. (福如東海)		福	如	東海
simp. (福如东海)		福	如	东海

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fúrúdōnghǎi

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ ㄖㄨˊ ㄉㄨㄥㄏㄞˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fuk¹ jyu⁴ dung¹ hoi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fúrúdōnghǎi
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄖㄨˊ ㄉㄨㄥㄏㄞˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fúrúdonghǎi
  - Wade–Giles: fu²-ju²-tung¹-hai³
  - Yale: fú-rú-dūng-hǎi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwurudonghae
  - Palladius: фужудунхай (fužudunxaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵ ʐu³⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fuk¹ jyu⁴ dung¹ hoi²
  - Yale: fūk yùh dūng hói
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fuk⁷ jy⁴ dung¹ hoi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: fug¹ yu⁴ dung¹ hoi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊk̚⁵ jyː²¹ tʊŋ⁵⁵ hɔːi̯³⁵/

Idiom

福如東海

May your happiness and good fortune be boundless like the East Sea.

Usage notes

Usually used in conjunction with 壽比南山／寿比南山 (shòubǐnánshān), as in 福如東海，壽比南山／福如东海，寿比南山 (fúrúdōnghǎi, shòubǐnánshān).

Derived terms

福如東海，壽比南山／福如东海，寿比南山 (fúrúdōnghǎi, shòubǐnánshān)

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