鴻運當頭

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Chinese

		good luck	right on someone's head; overhead; head on right on someone's head; overhead; head on; in someone's face; directly
trad. (鴻運當頭)		鴻運	當頭
simp. (鸿运当头)		鸿运	当头

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hóngyùndāngtóu

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄩㄣˋ ㄉㄤㄊㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hung⁴ wan⁶ dong¹ tau⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hông-ūn tng-thâu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hóngyùndāngtóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄩㄣˋ ㄉㄤㄊㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hóngyùndangtóu
  - Wade–Giles: hung²-yün⁴-tang¹-tʻou²
  - Yale: húng-yùn-dāng-tóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: horngyunndangtour
  - Palladius: хунъюньдантоу (xunʺjunʹdantou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ³⁵ yn⁵¹ tɑŋ⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hung⁴ wan⁶ dong¹ tau⁴
  - Yale: hùhng wahn dōng tàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hung⁴ wan⁶ dong¹ tau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: hung⁴ wen⁶ dong¹ teo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ²¹ wɐn²² tɔːŋ⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hông-ūn tng-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: hông-ūn tng-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hong'un dngtaau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² un²²⁻²¹ tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² un⁴¹⁻²² tŋ̍³³ tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ¹³⁻²² un²²⁻²¹ tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ un³³⁻¹¹ tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ²³⁻³³ un³³⁻²¹ tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²³/

Idiom

鴻運當頭

to experience a huge stroke of good luck

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