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): ㄈㄥ ㄔㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fung¹ can⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hong-tîn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): huang¹ dêng⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēngchén
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄥ ㄔㄣˊ
    • 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/

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• 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

1. (literally) windblown dust
2. (figurative) hardships of travel; travel fatigue
3. (figurative, literary) hardships and uncertainties of unstable society; vicissitudes of life
4. (figurative) prostitution

   • 命之不辰，風塵困瘁，甫得脫離，又遭棄捐。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     命之不辰，风尘困瘁，甫得脱离，又遭弃捐。 [Classical 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

• 僕僕風塵 / 仆仆风尘
• 奔走風塵 / 奔走风尘
• 救風塵 / 救风尘
• 風塵三俠 / 风尘三侠
• 風塵僕僕 / 风尘仆仆
• 風塵勞攘 / 风尘劳攘
• 風塵外物 / 风尘外物
• 風塵女子 / 风尘女子 (fēngchén nǚzǐ)
• 風塵女郎 / 风尘女郎
• 風塵惡俗 / 风尘恶俗
• 風塵知己 / 风尘知己
• 風塵碌碌 / 风尘碌碌 (fēngchénlùlù)
• 風塵荏苒 / 风尘荏苒
• 風塵表物 / 风尘表物

 

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)?}

1. the wind-blown dust
2. (literary) worldly affairs, cares of life, the turmoil of the world

   Synonym: 俗世間 (zokusekan)