看風使舵

Chinese

		to see; to look at; to look after to see; to look at; to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard; it depends; think	wind; news; style wind; news; style; custom; manner	to make; to cause; to enable to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; messenger	helm; rudder
trad. (看風使舵)		看	風	使	舵
simp. (看风使舵)		看	风	使	舵
Literally: “to see the wind and steer the helm”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kànfēngshǐduò

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄢˋ ㄈㄥ ㄕˇ ㄉㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hon³ fung¹ sai² to⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kànfēngshǐduò
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄢˋ ㄈㄥ ㄕˇ ㄉㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kànfongshǐhduò
    • Wade–Giles: kʻan⁴-fêng¹-shih³-to⁴
    • Yale: kàn-fēng-shř-dwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kannfengshyyduoh
    • Palladius: каньфэншидо (kanʹfɛnšido)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰän⁵¹ fɤŋ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hon³ fung¹ sai² to⁴
    • Yale: hon fūng sái tòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hon³ fung¹ sai² to⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hon³ fung¹ sei² to⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːn³³ fʊŋ⁵⁵ sɐi̯³⁵ tʰɔː²¹/

Idiom

看風使舵

1. to bend with the wind; to change one's position, attitude, behaviour, etc. depending on the situation (usually with negative connotation)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 看風使舵 (“to bend with the wind”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		看風使舵, 看風使帆, 看風轉舵, 看風駛船, 見風使舵, 見風轉舵, 見風使帆, 見風轉篷, 見風駛船
Cantonese	Guangzhou	趁風使𢃇, 見風使𢃇
	Hong Kong	看風使𢃇, 見風使𢃇
Gan	Nanchang	見風轉舵
Hakka	Meixian	看風駛船
Southern Min	Xiamen	看風使篷, 看風駛船
	Quanzhou	看風駛船
	Zhangzhou	看風駛船
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	看風使𢃇
Wu	Shanghai	隨風轉舵
	Ningbo	看風駛船