風生水起

Chinese

		wind; news; style wind; news; style; custom; manner	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	water; river	to rise; to raise; to get up
trad. (風生水起)		風	生	水	起
simp. (风生水起)		风	生	水	起

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēngshēngshuǐqǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄥ ㄕㄥ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄑㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fung¹ saang¹ seoi² hei²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēngshēngshuǐqǐ [Phonetic: fēngshēngshuíqǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄥ ㄕㄥ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄑㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fongshengshuěicǐ
    • Wade–Giles: fêng¹-shêng¹-shui³-chʻi³
    • Yale: fēng-shēng-shwěi-chǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fengshengshoeichii
    • Palladius: фэншэншуйци (fɛnšɛnšujci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fung¹ saang¹ seoi² hei²
    • Yale: fūng sāang séui héi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fung¹ saang¹ soey² hei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fung¹ sang¹ sêu² héi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊŋ⁵⁵ saːŋ⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵ hei̯³⁵/

Idiom

風生水起

1. to be flourishing; to be blooming (also used a Chinese New Year's wishing phrase)

   撈到風生水起 [Cantonese, trad.]
   捞到风生水起 [Cantonese, simp.]

   lou¹ dou³ fung¹ saang¹ seoi² hei² [Jyutping]

   to be flourishing with career / business