風水
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See also: 风水
Chinese
wind; news; style wind; news; style; custom; manner |
water; river | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (風水) | 風 | 水 | |
| simp. (风水) | 风 | 水 | |
| Literally: “wind and water”. | |||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): fung1 seoi2
- (Taishan, Wiktionary): fuung1 sui2
- Gan (Wiktionary): fung1 sui
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fûng-súi
- Jin (Wiktionary): feng1 sui2
- Eastern Min (BUC): hŭng-cūi
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): horng1 sui3
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 1fon-sy
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄈㄥ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: fongshuěi
- Wade–Giles: fêng1-shui3
- Yale: fēng-shwěi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fengshoei
- Palladius: фэншуй (fɛnšuj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /fɤŋ⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄈㄥ ˙ㄕㄨㄟ
- Tongyong Pinyin: fongshue̊i
- Wade–Giles: fêng1-shui5
- Yale: fēng-shwei
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feng.shuei
- Palladius: фэншуй (fɛnšuj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /fɤŋ⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²/
- (Dungan)
- Cyrillic and Wiktionary: фынфи (fɨnfi, I-II)
- Sinological IPA (key): /fəŋ²⁴ fi⁵¹/
- (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: fung1 seoi2
- Yale: fūng séui
- Cantonese Pinyin: fung1 soey2
- Guangdong Romanization: fung1 sêu2
- Sinological IPA (key): /fʊŋ⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: fuung1 sui2
- Sinological IPA (key): /fɵŋ³³ sui⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: fung1 sui
- Sinological IPA (key): /fuŋ⁴² sui²/
- (Nanchang)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fûng-súi
- Hakka Romanization System: fungˊ suiˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: fung1 sui3
- Sinological IPA: /fuŋ²⁴ su̯i³¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: feng1 sui2
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /fəŋ¹¹ suei⁵³/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: hŭng-cūi
- Sinological IPA (key): /huŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ (t͡s-)ʒui³³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: horng1 sui3
- Sinological IPA (key): /hɒŋ⁵³³⁻²¹ (ɬ-)nui⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: horng1 sui3
- Sinological IPA (key): /hɒŋ⁵³³⁻²¹ (ɬ-)nui³³²/
- (Putian)
- Southern Min
- Wu
- Middle Chinese: pjuwng sywijX
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*prəm s.turʔ/
- (Zhengzhang): /*plum qʰʷljilʔ/
Noun
風水
- (literally) wind and water; wind and rain
- feng shui (a Chinese system of geomancy about the ideal topography, geography, and spatial arrangement of things at a place)
- (Hakka, Southern Min, Puxian Min) tomb (Classifier: 穴 h mn-t)
- (Zhejiang Wu) typhoon
Synonyms
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 風水, 堪輿 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 風水 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 風水 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 風水 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 風水 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 風水 |
| Pingxiang | 風水 | |
| Hakka | Yudu | 風水 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 風水, 地理 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 風水, 地理 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 風水, 地理 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 風水, 地理 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 風水, 地理 | |
| Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) | 風水, 地理 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 風水, 地理 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 風水 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 風水, 地理 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 風水 |
| Quanzhou | 風水 | |
| Zhangzhou | 風水 | |
| Tainan | 風水, 地理 | |
| Jieyang | 地理 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 風水 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 風水 |
| Danyang | 風水 | |
| Ningbo | 風水 | |
| Wenzhou | 風水 | |
| Jinhua | 風水 | |
- (tomb):
Dialectal synonyms of 墳 (“grave”)
- (typhoon):
Dialectal synonyms of 颱風 (“typhoon”)
Derived terms
Descendants
Others:
- → English: feng shui (via Mandarin), fung shui (Hong Kong, via Cantonese)
- → Indonesian: fengsui (formal, via Mandarin), hongsui (informal, via Min Nan)
- → Thai: ฮวงจุ้ย (huuang-jûi), ฮวงซุ้ย (huuang-súi) (via Teochew)
References
- 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 , editor (2021), “风水”, 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 278.
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 風 | 水 |
| ふう Grade: 2 |
すい Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi | |
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
See also
- 風水害 (fūsuigai)
Korean
| Hanja in this term | |
|---|---|
| 風 | 水 |
Noun
Vietnamese
| chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
|---|---|
| 風 | 水 |
Noun
風水
- chữ Hán form of phong thuỷ (“feng shui”).