扶搖直上

Chinese

		a violent, upward-whirling storm wind; whirlwind	straight; vertical; frank straight; vertical; frank; directly; straightly; upright	up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up
trad. (扶搖直上)		扶搖	直	上
simp. (扶摇直上)		扶摇	直	上

Etymology

From Zhuangzi:

鵬之徙於南冥也，水擊三千里，摶扶搖而上者九萬里。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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鹏之徙于南冥也，水击三千里，抟扶摇而上者九万里。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE

Péng zhī xǐ yú nán míng yě, shuǐ jī sān qiān lǐ, tuán fúyáo ér shàng zhě jiǔ wàn lǐ. [Pinyin]

When the peng is removing to the Southern Ocean it flaps (its wings) on the water for 3000 li. Then it ascends on a whirlwind 90,000 li.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fúyáozhíshàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ ㄧㄠˊ ㄓˊ ㄕㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu⁴ jiu⁴ zik⁶ soeng⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fúyáozhíshàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄧㄠˊ ㄓˊ ㄕㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fúyáojhíhshàng
    • Wade–Giles: fu²-yao²-chih²-shang⁴
    • Yale: fú-yáu-jŕ-shàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwuyaujyrshanq
    • Palladius: фуяочжишан (fujaočžišan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵ jɑʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu⁴ jiu⁴ zik⁶ soeng⁵
    • Yale: fùh yìuh jihk séuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu⁴ jiu⁴ dzik⁹ soeng⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu⁴ yiu⁴ jig⁶ sêng⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː²¹ jiːu̯²¹ t͡sɪk̚² sœːŋ¹³/

Idiom

扶搖直上

1. to rapidly ascend
2. to rapidly rise through the ranks