粵

人jan4海hoi2

jan4 hoi2rén hǎi

English

  1. a multitude
  2. a sea of people
  3. huge crowd of people; literally, sea of people

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 數量好多嘅人

Examples

  • 那裡人山人海。

    There's a huge number of people there.

    Tatoeba · uhasan CC BY

  • 體育場裏人山人海。

    There were lots of people in the stadium.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 佳節時期,京都人山人海。

    Kyoto is packed with people during the holiday season.

    Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY

  • 人海戰術

    human wave attack

  • 人山人海

    lots of people; literally, mountain of people and sea of people

  • 你用人海戰術,正一人多蝦人少!

    You are using your numerical advantage to overwhelm the enemy with a human wave tactic.

  • 喺人海之中遇到你,係我一生最幸福嘅事。

    Having met you in the sea of people, is the best thing in my life.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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