天有不測風雲

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	unexpected; unpredictable; something unexpected unexpected; unpredictable; something unexpected; sth unpredictable	wind and clouds; heavy wind and many clouds; storm
trad. (天有不測風雲)		天	有	不測	風雲
simp. (天有不测风云)		天	有	不测	风云

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiān yǒu bùcè fēngyún

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄧㄡˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄘㄜˋ ㄈㄥ ㄩㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ jau⁵ bat¹ caak¹ fung¹ wan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiān yǒu bùcè fēngyún [Phonetic: tiān yǒu búcè fēngyún]
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄧㄡˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄘㄜˋ ㄈㄥ ㄩㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tian yǒu bùcè fongyún
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹ yu³ pu⁴-tsʻê⁴ fêng¹-yün²
    • Yale: tyān yǒu bù-tsè fēng-yún
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tian yeou butseh fengyun
    • Palladius: тянь ю буцэ фэнъюнь (tjanʹ ju bucɛ fɛnʺjunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡sʰɤ⁵¹ fɤŋ⁵⁵ yn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ jau⁵ bat¹ caak¹ fung¹ wan⁴
    • Yale: tīn yáuh bāt chāak fūng wàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ jau⁵ bat⁷ tsaak⁷ fung¹ wan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ yeo⁵ bed¹ cag¹ fung¹ wen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ jɐu̯¹³ pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰaːk̚⁵ fʊŋ⁵⁵ wɐn²¹/

Proverb

天有不測風雲

1. Short for 天有不測風雲，人有旦夕禍福／天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福 (tiān yǒu bùcè fēngyún, rén yǒu dànxī huòfú, “Disasters and misfortunes are unpredictable”).

   • 這實在是叫作「天有不測風雲」，她的男人是堅實人，誰知道年紀輕輕，就會斷送在傷寒上？ [MSC, trad.]
     这实在是叫作「天有不测风云」，她的男人是坚实人，谁知道年纪轻轻，就会断送在伤寒上？ [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1924, Lu Xun, 《祝福》

     Zhè shízài shì jiàozuò “tiān yǒu bùcè fēngyún”, tā de nánrén shì jiānshírén, shéi zhīdào niánjì qīngqīng, jiù huì duànsòng zài shānghán shàng? [Pinyin]

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