青雲直上

Chinese

		clouds that are the color of azure; a lofty position	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. (青雲直上)		青雲	直	上
simp. (青云直上)		青云	直	上

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīngyúnzhíshàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥ ㄩㄣˊ ㄓˊ ㄕㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing¹ wan⁴ zik⁶ soeng⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīngyúnzhíshàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ ㄩㄣˊ ㄓˊ ㄕㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cingyúnjhíhshàng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing¹-yün²-chih²-shang⁴
    • Yale: chīng-yún-jŕ-shàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingyunjyrshanq
    • Palladius: цинъюньчжишан (cinʺjunʹčžišan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ yn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cing¹ wan⁴ zik⁶ soeng⁵
    • Yale: chīng wàhn jihk séuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing¹ wan⁴ dzik⁹ soeng⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing¹ wen⁴ jig⁶ sêng⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ wɐn²¹ t͡sɪk̚² sœːŋ¹³/

Idiom

青雲直上

1. meteoric rise; to rise through the ranks rapidly

Synonyms

• 扶搖直上／扶摇直上 (fúyáozhíshàng)
• 平步青雲／平步青云 (píngbùqīngyún)