Korean Word Entry
轉禍爲福| Hangul: | 전화위복 |
| Revised Romanization: | jeonhwawibog |
| Definition: | a disaster turns around and becomes a blessing. |
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Chinese characters used in this word
| 轉 | shift, move, turn |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄓㄨㄢˇ (zhuǎn), ㄓㄨㄞˇ (zhuǎi), ㄓㄨㄢˋ (zhuàn) |
| Cantonese: | zyun2 |
| Japanese: | テン (ten) / ころ.がる (korogaru)、 ころ.げる (korogeru)、 ころ.がす (korogasu)、 ころ.ぶ (korobu)、 まろ.ぶ (marobu)、 うたた (utata)、 うつ.る (utsuru) |
| Korean: | 전 (jeon) |
| Vietnamese: | chuyển, chuyến |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 转 |
| Simplified Japanese form: | 転 |
| 禍 | calamity, misfortune, evil, curse, disaster |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄏㄨㄛˋ (huò) |
| Cantonese: | wo6 |
| Japanese: | カ (ka) / わざわい (wazawai) |
| Korean: | 화 (hwa) |
| Vietnamese: | họa, hoạ |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 祸 |
| Simplified Japanese form: | 禍 |
| Semantic variant form: | 祻 |
| 爲 | change, be of use, reach to, do, try, practice, cost, serve as, handle, govern, act, be |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄨㄟˋ (wèi), ㄨㄟˊ (wéi) |
| Cantonese: | wai4 |
| Japanese: | イ (i) / ため (tame)、 な.る (naru)、 な.す (nasu)、 す.る (suru)、 たり (tari)、 つく.る (tsukuru)、 なり (nari) |
| Korean: | 위 (wi) |
| Vietnamese: | vi, vị, vay |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 为 |
| Simplified Japanese form: | 為 |
| Semantic variant form: | 為 |
| 福 | blessing, fortune, luck, wealth, happiness, good fortune |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄈㄨˊ (fú), ㄈㄨˋ (fù) |
| Cantonese: | fuk1 |
| Japanese: | フク (fuku) / さいわい (saiwai)、 ひもろぎ (himorogi) |
| Korean: | 복 (bog) |
| Vietnamese: | phúc |
Variants
| Simplified Japanese form: | 福 |
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