因禍得福

Chinese

		cause; reason; because	disaster	get; obtain; gain get; obtain; gain; proper; suitable; proud; contented; allow; permit; ready; finished; a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect; degree or possibility; to have to; must; ought to; to need to	good fortune; happiness; luck good fortune; happiness; luck; Fujian province (abbrev.); surname
trad. (因禍得福)		因	禍	得	福
simp. (因祸得福)		因	祸	得	福

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīnhuòdéfú

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣ ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄈㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan¹ wo⁶ dak¹ fuk¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): in-hō-tek-hok

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ing¹ hua⁶ dig⁴ hog⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīnhuòdéfú
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣ ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄈㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yinhuòdéfú
    • Wade–Giles: yin¹-huo⁴-tê²-fu²
    • Yale: yīn-hwò-dé-fú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: inhuohderfwu
    • Palladius: иньходэфу (inʹxodɛfu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in⁵⁵ xu̯ɔ⁵¹ tɤ³⁵ fu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan¹ wo⁶ dak¹ fuk¹
    • Yale: yān woh dāk fūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan¹ wo⁶ dak⁷ fuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen¹ wo⁶ deg¹ fug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn⁵⁵ wɔː²² tɐk̚⁵ fʊk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: in-hō-tek-hok
    • Tâi-lô: in-hō-tik-hok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: inhoixdekhog
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /in⁴⁴⁻³³ hɤ³³⁻²¹ tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ hɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /in⁴⁴⁻³³ ho³³⁻¹¹ tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ hɔk̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ing¹ hua⁶ dig⁴ hog⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ing huă tik hok
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ³³⁻²³ hua³⁵⁻¹¹ tik̚²⁻⁴ hok̚²/

Idiom

因禍得福

1. to benefit from one's own misfortune

References

• Fielde, Adele Marion (1883) “禍 / 祸 (hŭa)”, in A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect, Arranged According to Syllables and Tones, Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, page 159