風塵

See also: 风尘

Chinese

		wind; news; style wind; news; style; custom; manner	dust; dirt; earth
trad. (風塵)		風	塵
simp. (风尘)		风	尘

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fēngchén

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄥㄔㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fung¹ can⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hong-tîn

(Teochew, Peng'im): huang¹ dêng⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fēngchén
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄥㄔㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fongchén
  - Wade–Giles: fêng¹-chʻên²
  - Yale: fēng-chén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fengchern
  - Palladius: фэнчэнь (fɛnčɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fung¹ can⁴
  - Yale: fūng chàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fung¹ tsan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: fung¹ cen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hong-tîn
  - Tâi-lô: hong-tîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hongdiin
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tin²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ³³ tin²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tin¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tin²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tin²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: huang¹ dêng⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huang têng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /huaŋ³³⁻²³ teŋ⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: pjuwng drin

Rime
Character	風	塵
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	東 (2)	眞 (44)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	方戎切	直珍切
Baxter	pjuwng	drin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pɨuŋ/	/ɖˠiɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/piuŋ/	/ɖᵚin/
Shao Rongfen	/piuŋ/	/ȡien/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/puwŋ/	/ɖjin/
Li Rong	/piuŋ/	/ȡjĕn/
Wang Li	/pĭuŋ/	/ȡǐĕn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pi̯uŋ/	/ȡʱi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fēng	chén
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fung¹	can⁴

Noun

風塵

(literally) windblown dust
(synecdochically) turmoil caused by war; war
- 陽平公融言於堅曰：“鮮卑、羌虜，我之仇讎，常思風塵之變以逞其志，所陳策畫，何可從也！” [Literary Chinese, trad.]
  阳平公融言于坚曰：“鲜卑、羌虏，我之仇雠，常思风尘之变以逞其志，所陈策画，何可从也！” [Literary Chinese, simp.]
  From: 1084 CE, Sima Guang, Comprehensive Mirror to Aid in Government
  Yángpínggōng Róng yán yú Jiān yuē: “Xiānbēi, qiāng lǔ, wǒ zhī chóuchóu, cháng sī fēngchén zhī biàn yǐ chěng qí zhì, suǒ chén cèhuà, hé kě cóng yě!” [Pinyin]
  Fu Rong said to the emperor: “The Xianbei and Qiang are hostile to us, constantly seeking a war to fulfil their ambitions. How could you simply follow the scheme they [referring to Murong Chui, a Xianbei, Yao Chang, a Qiang, et al.] have proposed?”
(synecdochically) hardships of travel; travel fatigue
(figurative, literary) hardships and uncertainties of unstable society; vicissitudes of life
(obsolete) prostitute; prostitution
- 命之不辰，風塵困瘁，甫得脫離，又遭棄捐。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
  命之不辰，风尘困瘁，甫得脱离，又遭弃捐。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
  From: c. 1624, Feng Menglong (馮夢龍), 《杜十娘怒沉百寶箱》, translated into English as The Courtesan's Jewel Box by Yang Xianyi and Gladys Yang
  Mìng zhī bùchén, fēngchén kùncuì, fǔ dé tuōlí, yòu zāo qìjuān. [Pinyin]
  Fate must be against me. I escaped from the bitter lot of a courtesan only to be cast aside by you.

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
風	塵
ふう Grade: 2	じん Hyōgai
goon

Noun

風(ふう)塵(じん) • (fūjin) ^{←ふうぢん (fuudin)^?}

the wind-blown dust
(literary) worldly affairs, cares of life, the turmoil of the world
Synonym: 俗世間 (zokusekan)