聞風而動

Chinese

		hear; news; celebrated hear; news; celebrated; sniff at	wind; news; style wind; news; style; custom; manner	and; as well as; but (not) and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)	to move; to change; to use to move; to change; to use; to act
trad. (聞風而動)		聞	風	而	動
simp. (闻风而动)		闻	风	而	动

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wénfēng'érdòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˊ ㄈㄥ ㄦˊ ㄉㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁴ fung¹ ji⁴ dung⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wénfēng'érdòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄈㄥ ㄦˊ ㄉㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúnfong-érdòng
    • Wade–Giles: wên²-fêng¹-êrh²-tung⁴
    • Yale: wén-fēng-ér-dùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wenfengerldonq
    • Palladius: вэньфэнъэрдун (vɛnʹfɛnʺerdun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən³⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ tʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: man⁴ fung¹ ji⁴ dung⁶
    • Yale: màhn fūng yìh duhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: man⁴ fung¹ ji⁴ dung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: men⁴ fung¹ yi⁴ dung⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²¹ fʊŋ⁵⁵ jiː²¹ tʊŋ²²/

Verb

聞風而動

1. to act at once upon hearing news