粵

人jan4山saan1人jan4海hoi2

jan4 saan1 jan4 hoi2ren2shan1ren2hai3rén shān rén hǎi

English

  1. (idiom) multitude; vast crowd
  2. (noun) (of metaphor) People are everywhere
  3. huge crowd of people; literally: people mountain people sea

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 形容好多人同時處於一個地方嘅情況

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

  • 今晚尖沙咀海傍人山人海,市民一家大細睇煙花。

    Families filled up the Tsim Sha Tsui habour to watch fireworks tonight.

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

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