Chinese Word Entry

風聲鶴唳

Simplified Chinese form: 风声鹤唳

Mandarin (Zhuyin): ㄈㄥ ㄕㄥ ㄏㄜˋ ㄌㄧˋ
Mandarin (Pinyin): fēng shēng hè lì
Cantonese (Jyutping): fung1 sing1 hok6 leoi6
Definitions:
  1. lit wind sighing and crane calling (idiom)

  2. fig to panic at the slightest move

  3. to be jittery


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Chinese characters used in this word

wind, air, style, manner, manners, atmosphere, Kangxi radical 182
Readings
Mandarin: ㄈㄥ (fēng), ㄈㄥˋ (fèng), ㄈㄥˇ (fěng)
Cantonese: fung1
Japanese: フウ (fuu)、 フ (fu) / かぜ (kaze)、 かざ- (kaza-)
Korean: 풍 (pung)
Vietnamese: phong
Variants
Simplified Chinese form:
Semantic variant form:

sound, voice, noise, tone, music
Readings
Mandarin: ㄕㄥ (shēng)
Cantonese: sing1
Japanese: セイ (sei)、 ショウ (shou) / こえ (koe)、 こわ- (kowa-)
Korean: 성 (seong)
Vietnamese: thanh
Variants
Simplified Chinese form:
Simplified Japanese form:

crane, stork, Grus species (various)
Readings
Mandarin: ㄏㄜˋ (hè), ㄏㄠˊ (háo)
Cantonese: hok6
Japanese: カク (kaku) / つる (tsuru)
Korean: 학 (hag)
Vietnamese: hạc
Variants
Simplified Chinese form:

cry, honking of birds, droning of cicadas, cry of bird
Readings
Mandarin: ㄌㄧˋ (lì)
Cantonese: leoi6
Japanese: レイ (rei) / れつ (retsu)、 なく (naku)
Korean: 려 (ryeo)
Vietnamese: lệ