歐風美雨

Chinese

		surname; Europe	wind; news; style wind; news; style; custom; manner	beautiful; beauty; America	rain
trad. (歐風美雨)		歐	風	美	雨
simp. (欧风美雨)		欧	风	美	雨
Literally: “European wind and American rain”.

Etymology

Coined by Sun Yat-sen in 1924.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ōufēngměiyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄡ ㄈㄥ ㄇㄟˇ ㄩˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ōufēngměiyǔ [Phonetic: ōufēngméiyǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄡ ㄈㄥ ㄇㄟˇ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: oufongměiyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: ou¹-fêng¹-mei³-yü³
    • Yale: ōu-fēng-měi-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: oufengmeeiyeu
    • Palladius: оуфэнмэйюй (oufɛnmɛjjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀoʊ̯⁵⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

歐風美雨 (historical, figuratively)

1. influences of western culture and civilization
2. western invasion of China