腥風血雨

Chinese

trad. (腥風血雨)		腥風	血雨
simp. (腥风血雨)		腥风	血雨
Literally: “a foul wind and a rain of blood”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīngfēngxuèyǔ, xīngfēngxuěyǔ, xīngfēngxiěyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥ ㄈㄥ ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄩˇ, ㄒㄧㄥ ㄈㄥ ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄩˇ, ㄒㄧㄥ ㄈㄥ ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seng¹ fung¹ hyut³ jyu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīngfēngxuèyǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥ ㄈㄥ ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: singfongsyuèyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: hsing¹-fêng¹-hsüeh⁴-yü³
    • Yale: syīng-fēng-sywè-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shingfengshiuehyeu
    • Palladius: синфэнсюэюй (sinfɛnsjuejuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵ ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīngfēngxuěyǔ [Phonetic: xīngfēngxuéyǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥ ㄈㄥ ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: singfongsyuěyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: hsing¹-fêng¹-hsüeh³-yü³
    • Yale: syīng-fēng-sywě-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shingfengsheueyeu
    • Palladius: синфэнсюэюй (sinfɛnsjuejuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵ ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; colloquial in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīngfēngxiěyǔ [Phonetic: xīngfēngxiéyǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥ ㄈㄥ ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: singfongsiěyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: hsing¹-fêng¹-hsieh³-yü³
    • Yale: syīng-fēng-syě-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shingfengshieeyeu
    • Palladius: синфэнсеюй (sinfɛnsejuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seng¹ fung¹ hyut³ jyu⁵
    • Yale: sēng fūng hyut yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: seng¹ fung¹ hyt⁸ jy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: séng¹ fung¹ hüd³ yu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛːŋ⁵⁵ fʊŋ⁵⁵ hyːt̚³ jyː¹³/

Idiom

腥風血雨

1. (figuratively) reign of terror

Synonyms

• 血雨腥風／血雨腥风 (xuèyǔxīngfēng)