風雲

See also: 风云

Chinese

		wind; news; style wind; news; style; custom; manner	cloud; Yunnan (abbrev.); surname
trad. (風雲)		風	雲
simp. (风云)		风	云

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēngyún

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄥ ㄩㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fung¹ wan⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hong-hûn / hong-în
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹fon-yun; ¹fon-yon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēngyún
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄥ ㄩㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fongyún
    • Wade–Giles: fêng¹-yün²
    • Yale: fēng-yún
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fengyun
    • Palladius: фэнъюнь (fɛnʺjunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ⁵⁵ yn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fung¹ wan⁴
    • Yale: fūng wàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fung¹ wan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fung¹ wen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊŋ⁵⁵ wɐn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hong-hûn
    • Tâi-lô: hong-hûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: honghuun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hun²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hun²³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ³³ hun²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hun²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hong-în
    • Tâi-lô: hong-în
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hong'iin
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² in¹³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹fon-yun; ¹fon-yon
    • MiniDict: fon^平 yuin; fon^平 yon
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹fon-hhyn; ¹fon-hhion
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /foŋ⁵⁵ ɦyn²¹/, /foŋ⁵⁵ ɦioŋ²¹/

Note:

• 1fon hhyn - newer;
• 1fon hhion - older.

Noun

風雲

1. (literally) wind and clouds; heavy wind and many clouds; storm
2. (by extension, literary) meteorological conditions, such as eclipses or rainbows
3. (figurative) the times, especially difficult or troubled times; turmoil; stormy situation
4. (figurative, literary) battle array
5. (figurative, literary) high ambition or goal; castle in the air
6. (figurative, literary) high accomplishments and distinctions
7. (figurative, literary) heights; high terrain or position

Derived terms

• 不測風雲 / 不测风云
• 兒女情多，風雲氣少 / 儿女情多，风云气少
• 出賣風雲雷雨 / 出卖风云雷雨
• 叱吒風雲 / 叱咤风云
• 叱嗟風雲 / 叱嗟风云
• 嘯吒風雲 / 啸咤风云
• 天有不測風雲 / 天有不测风云 (tiān yǒu bùcè fēngyún)
• 天有不測風雲，人有旦夕禍福 / 天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福 (tiān yǒu bùcè fēngyún, rén yǒu dànxī huòfú)
• 天有不測風雲，人有暫時禍福 / 天有不测风云，人有暂时祸福
• 感會風雲 / 感会风云
• 月露風雲 / 月露风云
• 甲午風雲 / 甲午风云
• 買風雲雷雨 / 买风云雷雨
• 際會風雲 / 际会风云
• 際遇風雲 / 际遇风云
• 風雲不測 / 风云不测
• 風雲之志 / 风云之志
• 風雲人物 / 风云人物 (fēngyúnrénwù)
• 風雲叱吒 / 风云叱咤
• 風雲感會 / 风云感会
• 風雲會 / 风云会
• 風雲會合 / 风云会合
• 風雲月露 / 风云月露
• 風雲榜 / 风云榜
• 風雲氣 / 风云气
• 風雲氣候 / 风云气候
• 風雲萬變 / 风云万变
• 風雲突變 / 风云突变
• 風雲變幻 / 风云变幻 (fēngyúnbiànhuàn)
• 風雲變態 / 风云变态
• 風雲變色 / 风云变色
• 風雲開闔 / 风云开阖
• 風雲際會 / 风云际会
• 風雲際遇 / 风云际遇
• 龍虎風雲 / 龙虎风云

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (風雲):

• → Japanese: 風雲(ふううん) (fūun)
• → Korean: 풍운(風雲) (pung'un)
• → Vietnamese: phong vân (風雲)