見風使舵

Chinese

		to see; to meet; to appear to see; to meet; to appear; to interview	wind; news; style wind; news; style; custom; manner	to make; to cause; to enable to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; messenger	helm; rudder
trad. (見風使舵)		見	風	使	舵
simp. (见风使舵)		见	风	使	舵

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiànfēngshǐduò

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄈㄥ ㄕˇ ㄉㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gin³ fung¹ sai² to⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiànfēngshǐduò
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄈㄥ ㄕˇ ㄉㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiànfongshǐhduò
    • Wade–Giles: chien⁴-fêng¹-shih³-to⁴
    • Yale: jyàn-fēng-shř-dwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiannfengshyyduoh
    • Palladius: цзяньфэншидо (czjanʹfɛnšido)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ fɤŋ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gin³ fung¹ sai² to⁴
    • Yale: gin fūng sái tòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gin³ fung¹ sai² to⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gin³ fung¹ sei² to⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːn³³ fʊŋ⁵⁵ sɐi̯³⁵ tʰɔː²¹/

Idiom

見風使舵

1. to bend with the wind; to change one's position, attitude, behaviour, etc. depending on the situation (usually with negative connotation)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 看風使舵 (“to bend with the wind”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		看風使舵, 看風使帆, 看風轉舵, 看風駛船, 見風使舵, 見風轉舵, 見風使帆, 見風轉篷, 見風駛船
Cantonese	Guangzhou	趁風使𢃇, 見風使𢃇
	Hong Kong	看風使𢃇, 見風使𢃇
Gan	Nanchang	見風轉舵
Hakka	Meixian	看風駛船
Southern Min	Xiamen	看風使篷, 看風駛船
	Quanzhou	看風駛船
	Zhangzhou	看風駛船
	Haikou	望風駛船
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	看風使𢃇
Wu	Shanghai	隨風轉舵
	Ningbo	看風駛船