風雨如晦，雞鳴不已

Chinese

		bad times with no end in sight		to crow	not; no	already; to stop; then already; to stop; then; afterwards
trad. (風雨如晦，雞鳴不已/風雨如晦，鷄鳴不已)		風雨如晦	，	雞鳴/鷄鳴	不	已
simp. (风雨如晦，鸡鸣不已)		风雨如晦	，	鸡鸣	不	已

Etymology

From the Classic of Poetry, poem 90 (《詩經·鄭風·風雨》):

風雨如晦，雞鳴不已。
既見君子，云胡不喜。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]

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风雨如晦，鸡鸣不已。
既见君子，云胡不喜。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Fēngyǔ rú huì, jīmíng bùyǐ.
Jì jiàn jūnzǐ, yún hú bù xǐ. [Pinyin]

Through the wind and rain all looks dark, And the cock crows without ceasing.
But I have seen my husband, And how should I not rejoice?

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēngyǔ rú huì, jīmíng bù yǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄥ ㄩˇ ㄖㄨˊ ㄏㄨㄟˋ , ㄐㄧ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fung¹ jyu⁵ jyu⁴ fui³, gai¹ ming⁴ bat¹ ji⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēngyǔ rú huì, jīmíng bù yǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄥ ㄩˇ ㄖㄨˊ ㄏㄨㄟˋ , ㄐㄧ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fongyǔ rú huèi, jimíng bù yǐ
    • Wade–Giles: fêng¹-yü³ ju² hui⁴, chi¹-ming² pu⁴ i³
    • Yale: fēng-yǔ rú hwèi-, jī-míng bù yǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fengyeu ru huey, jiming bu yii
    • Palladius: фэнъюй жу хуэй, цзимин бу и (fɛnʺjuj žu xuej, czimin bu i)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ⁵⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐu³⁵ xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ miŋ³⁵ pu⁵¹ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fung¹ jyu⁵ jyu⁴ fui³, gai¹ ming⁴ bat¹ ji⁵
    • Yale: fūng yúh yùh fui, gāi mìhng bāt yíh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fung¹ jy⁵ jy⁴ fui³, gai¹ ming⁴ bat⁷ ji⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: fung¹ yu⁵ yu⁴ fui³, gei¹ ming⁴ bed¹ yi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊŋ⁵⁵ jyː¹³ jyː²¹ fuːi̯³³ kɐi̯⁵⁵ mɪŋ²¹ pɐt̚⁵ jiː¹³/

Proverb

風雨如晦，雞鳴不已

1. a gentleman acts in a principled manner even in the darkest of times