呼風喚雨

See also: 呼风唤雨

Chinese

		to call; to cry; to shout to call; to cry; to shout; to breath out; to exhale	wind; news; style wind; news; style; custom; manner	to call	rain
trad. (呼風喚雨)		呼	風	喚	雨
simp. (呼风唤雨)		呼	风	唤	雨
Literally: “call the wind, and summon the rain”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hūfēnghuànyǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄈㄥㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fu¹ fung¹ wun⁶ jyu⁵
Min Nan (POJ): ho͘-hong-hoàn-ú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: hūfēnghuànyǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄈㄥㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄩˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hufenghuannyeu
  - IPA ^(key): /xu⁵⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵ xu̯än⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: fu¹ fung¹ wun⁶ jyu⁵
  - Yale: fū fūng wuhn yúh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fu¹ fung¹ wun⁶ jy⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: fu¹ fung¹ wun⁶ yu⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /fuː⁵⁵ fʊŋ⁵⁵ wuːn²² jyː¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ho͘-hong-hoàn-ú
  - Tâi-lô: hoo-hong-huàn-ú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ho'honghoarn'uo
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ huan²¹⁻⁴¹ u⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ huan¹¹⁻⁵³ u⁵³/

Idiom

呼風喚雨

to summon the wind and rain
to control the forces of nature

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