東風

See also: 东风

Chinese

		east	wind; news; style wind; news; style; custom; manner
trad. (東風)		東	風
simp. (东风)		东	风

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dōngfēng

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥㄈㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dung¹ fung¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tûng-fûng
Min Nan (POJ): tang-hong

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: dōngfēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥㄈㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dongfeng
  - IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: dung¹ fung¹
  - Yale: dūng fūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dung¹ fung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: dung¹ fung¹
  - IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ fʊŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tûng-fûng
  - Hakka Romanization System: dung´ fung´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: dung¹ fung¹
  - IPA: /tuŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ fuŋ²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tang-hong
  - Tâi-lô: tang-hong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: danghofng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /taŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /taŋ³³ hɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /taŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /taŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /taŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

東風

easterly wind; spring wind
(figuratively) favourable situation; momentum or driving force (e.g. of revolution)

Antonyms

西風／西风 (xīfēng)

Derived terms

不是東風壓了西風，就是西風壓了東風／不是东风压了西风，就是西风压了东风
借東風／借东风
只欠東風／只欠东风
東風化雨／东风化雨 (dōngfēnghuàyǔ)
東風吹馬耳／东风吹马耳

東風壓倒西風／东风压倒西风
東風射馬耳／东风射马耳
諸葛亮借東風／诸葛亮借东风 (Zhūgě Liàng jiè dōngfēng)
馬耳東風／马耳东风 (mǎ'ěrdōngfēng)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
東	風
Grade: 2	Grade: 2
Irregular

The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 東風

Pronunciation

(Irregular reading)
- (Tokyo) こち [kóꜜchì] (Atamadaka – [1])
- IPA^(key): [ko̞t͡ɕi]

Noun

東風 (hiragana こち, rōmaji kochi)

east winds that blow in spring

Proper noun

東風 (hiragana こち, rōmaji Kochi)

A surname.

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
東	風
こち Grade: 2	かぜ Grade: 2
Irregular

Noun

東風 (hiragana こちかぜ, rōmaji kochikaze)

east winds that blow in spring

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
東	風
Grade: 2	Grade: 2
Irregular

The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 東風

Noun

東風 (hiragana あゆ, rōmaji ayu)

east winds that blow in spring

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
東	風
ひがし Grade: 2	かぜ Grade: 2
kun’yomi

東 (higashi, “east”) +‎ 風 (kaze, “wind”)

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) ひがしかぜ [hìgáshíkázé] (Heiban – [0])
- (Tokyo) ひがしかぜ [hìgáshíꜜkàzè] (Nakadaka – [3])
- IPA^(key): [çiɡa̠ɕi̥ka̠ze̞]

Noun

東風 (hiragana ひがしかぜ, rōmaji higashikaze)

east winds that blow in spring

Etymology 5

Kanji in this term
東	風
とう Grade: 2	ふう Grade: 2
on’yomi

From Chinese 東風

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) とーふう [tòófúú] (Heiban – [0])
- IPA^(key): [to̞ːɸɯ̟ᵝː]

Noun

東風 (hiragana とうふう, rōmaji tōfū)

east winds that blow in spring

Proper noun

東風 (hiragana とうふう, rōmaji Tōfū)

a place name in China

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