和風細雨

Chinese

		breeze; Japanese style	drizzle
trad. (和風細雨)		和風	細雨
simp. (和风细雨)		和风	细雨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): héfēngxìyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄈㄥ ㄒㄧˋ ㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wo⁴ fung¹ sai³ jyu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: héfēngxìyǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄈㄥ ㄒㄧˋ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: héfongsìyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: ho²-fêng¹-hsi⁴-yü³
    • Yale: hé-fēng-syì-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herfengshihyeu
    • Palladius: хэфэнсиюй (xɛfɛnsijuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵ ɕi⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wo⁴ fung¹ sai³ jyu⁵
    • Yale: wòh fūng sai yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wo⁴ fung¹ sai³ jy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: wo⁴ fung¹ sei³ yu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔː²¹ fʊŋ⁵⁵ sɐi̯³³ jyː¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: hwa pjuwng sejH hjuX

Rime
Character	和	風	細	雨
Reading #	1/2	1/2	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	幫 (1)	心 (16)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	戈 (95)	東 (2)	齊 (39)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	III	IV	III
Fanqie	戸戈切	方戎切	蘇計切	王矩切
Baxter	hwa	pjuwng	sejH	hjuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦuɑ/	/pɨuŋ/	/seiH/	/ɦɨoX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦuɑ/	/piuŋ/	/seiH/	/ɦioX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɑ/	/piuŋ/	/sɛiH/	/ɣioX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwa/	/puwŋ/	/sɛjH/	/ɦuə̆X/
Li Rong	/ɣuɑ/	/piuŋ/	/seiH/	/ɣioX/
Wang Li	/ɣuɑ/	/pĭuŋ/	/sieiH/	/ɣĭuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣuɑ/	/pi̯uŋ/	/sieiH/	/i̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huó	fēng	xì	yǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wo4	fung1	sai3	jyu5

Idiom

和風細雨

1. gentle breeze and mild rain
2. (figuratively) in a gentle and mild way