遮風擋雨

Chinese

		cover up (a shortcoming); screen off; to hide cover up (a shortcoming); screen off; to hide; to conceal	wind; news; style wind; news; style; custom; manner	arrange; put in order; hinder arrange; put in order; hinder; resist; obstruct; cover; keep off; a cover; to block (a blow); to get in the way of	rain
trad. (遮風擋雨)		遮	風	擋	雨
simp. (遮风挡雨)		遮	风	挡	雨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēfēngdǎngyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄜ ㄈㄥ ㄉㄤˇ ㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ze¹ fung¹ dong² jyu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēfēngdǎngyǔ [Phonetic: zhēfēngdángyǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄜ ㄈㄥ ㄉㄤˇ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhefongdǎngyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: chê¹-fêng¹-tang³-yü³
    • Yale: jē-fēng-dǎng-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jefengdaangyeu
    • Palladius: чжэфэнданъюй (čžɛfɛndanʺjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤ⁵⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵ tɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ze¹ fung¹ dong² jyu⁵
    • Yale: jē fūng dóng yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dze¹ fung¹ dong² jy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: zé¹ fung¹ dong² yu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛː⁵⁵ fʊŋ⁵⁵ tɔːŋ³⁵ jyː¹³/

Idiom

遮風擋雨

1. (figuratively) to protect