風光

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See also: 风光

Chinese

wind; news; style
wind; news; style; custom; manner
 
light; ray; bright
trad. (風光)
simp. (风光)

Pronunciation 1



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/2
Initial () (1) (28)
Final () (2) (102)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () III I
Fanqie
Baxter pjuwng kwang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/pɨuŋ/ /kwɑŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/piuŋ/ /kʷɑŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/piuŋ/ /kuɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/puwŋ/ /kwaŋ/
Li
Rong
/piuŋ/ /kuɑŋ/
Wang
Li
/pĭuŋ/ /kuɑŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/pi̯uŋ/ /kwɑŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
fēng guāng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
fung1 gwong1

Noun

風光

  1. scenery; landscape; view; scene (Classifier: m)
    城市風光城市风光  ―  chéngshì fēngguāng  ―  cityscape
    鄉下美麗田園風光風景區 [MSC, trad.]
    乡下美丽田园风光风景区 [MSC, simp.]
    Yào wǒ shuō a, xiāngxià měilì de tiányuán fēngguāng jiù bǐ fēngjǐngqū de hǎo.
    If you ask me, the scenery in the countryside is more beautiful than that in the scenic spots.
  2. (literary) busy scene; bustling scene
  3. (figurative) face; dignity; glory
  4. (Puxian Min) arrogant momentum
Synonyms
  • (scenery):
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Pronunciation 2


Adjective

風光

  1. (figurative, colloquial) glorious; honourable; grand; impressive
Synonyms
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References

  • 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 , editor (2021), “风光”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 276.