呼風喚雨

See also: 呼风唤雨

Chinese

		to call; to cry; to shout to call; to cry; to shout; to breath out; to exhale	wind; news; style wind; news; style; custom; manner	to call	rain
trad. (呼風喚雨)		呼	風	喚	雨
simp. (呼风唤雨)		呼	风	唤	雨
Literally: “call the wind, and summon the rain”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hū fēng huàn yǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄈㄥㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄩˇ
Min Nan (POJ): ho͘-hong-hoàn-ú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: hū fēng huàn yǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄈㄥㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄩˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hu feng huann yeu
  - IPA ^(key): /xu⁵⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵ xu̯a̠n⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ho͘-hong-hoàn-ú
  - Tâi-lô: hoo-hong-huàn-ú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ho'honghoarn'uo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hɔ⁴⁴⁻²² hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² huan²¹⁻⁵³ u⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔ³³ hɔŋ³³ huan⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ u⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔ⁴⁴⁻²² hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² huan²¹⁻⁵³ u⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ huan¹¹⁻⁵³ u⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ huan²¹⁻⁴¹ u⁴¹/

Idiom

呼風喚雨

to summon the wind and rain
to control the forces of nature

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