風塵

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See also: 风尘

Chinese

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

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial () (1) (11)
Final () (2) (44)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
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/
Bernard
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

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ふう
Grade: 2
じん
Hyōgai
goon

Noun

(ふう)(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)