見風轉舵

Chinese

		to see; to meet; to appear to see; to meet; to appear; to interview	wind; news; style wind; news; style; custom; manner	to revolve; to turn; to circle about to revolve; to turn; to circle about; to walk about; to convey; to forward (mail); to transfer; to shift	helm; rudder
trad. (見風轉舵)		見	風	轉	舵
simp. (见风转舵)		见	风	转	舵
Literally: “to see the wind and steer the helm”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiànfēngzhuǎnduò

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄈㄥ ㄓㄨㄢˇ ㄉㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gin³ fung¹ zyun² to⁴, gin³ fung¹ zyun³ to⁴
• Gan (Wiktionary): jien⁴ fung¹ zon³ to⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiànfēngzhuǎnduò
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄈㄥ ㄓㄨㄢˇ ㄉㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiànfongjhuǎnduò
    • Wade–Giles: chien⁴-fêng¹-chuan³-to⁴
    • Yale: jyàn-fēng-jwǎn-dwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiannfengjoanduoh
    • Palladius: цзяньфэнчжуаньдо (czjanʹfɛnčžuanʹdo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ fɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gin³ fung¹ zyun² to⁴, gin³ fung¹ zyun³ to⁴
    • Yale: gin fūng jyún tòh, gin fūng jyun tòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gin³ fung¹ dzyn² to⁴, gin³ fung¹ dzyn³ to⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gin³ fung¹ jun² to⁴, gin³ fung¹ jun³ to⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːn³³ fʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡syːn³⁵ tʰɔː²¹/, /kiːn³³ fʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡syːn³³ tʰɔː²¹/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: jien⁴ fung¹ zon³ to⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiɛn³⁵ fuŋ⁴² t͡sɵn²¹³⁻²⁴ tʰo¹¹/

Idiom

見風轉舵

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

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