天上雷公，地上海陸豐

Chinese

		in the sky; the heavens	god of thunder		on the ground	Hailufeng
trad. (天上雷公，地上海陸豐)		天上	雷公	，	地上	海陸豐
simp. (天上雷公，地上海陆丰)		天上	雷公	，	地上	海陆丰
alternative forms		天上雷公，地下海陸豐／天上雷公，地下海陆丰
Literally: “there are the god of thunder in the heavens and Hailufeng people on earth”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānshàng léigōng, dìshàng Hǎilùfēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄕㄤˋ ㄌㄟˊ ㄍㄨㄥ , ㄉㄧˋ ㄕㄤˋ ㄏㄞˇ ㄌㄨˋ ㄈㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ soeng⁶ leoi⁴ gung¹, dei⁶ soeng⁶ hoi² luk⁶ fung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānshàng léigōng, dìshàng Hǎilùfēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄕㄤˋ ㄌㄟˊ ㄍㄨㄥ , ㄉㄧˋ ㄕㄤˋ ㄏㄞˇ ㄌㄨˋ ㄈㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tianshàng léigong, dìshàng Hǎilùfong
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-shang⁴ lei²-kung¹, ti⁴-shang⁴ Hai³-lu⁴-fêng¹
    • Yale: tyān-shàng léi-gūng-, dì-shàng Hǎi-lù-fēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianshanq leigong, dihshanq Haeluhfeng
    • Palladius: тяньшан лэйгун, дишан Хайлуфэн (tjanʹšan lɛjgun, dišan Xajlufɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ leɪ̯³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ lu⁵¹ fɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ soeng⁶ leoi⁴ gung¹, dei⁶ soeng⁶ hoi² luk⁶ fung¹
    • Yale: tīn seuhng lèuih gūng, deih seuhng hói luhk fūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ soeng⁶ loey⁴ gung¹, dei⁶ soeng⁶ hoi² luk⁹ fung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ sêng⁶ lêu⁴ gung¹, déi⁶ sêng⁶ hoi² lug⁶ fung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ sœːŋ²² lɵy̯²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ tei̯²² sœːŋ²² hɔːi̯³⁵ lʊk̚² fʊŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

天上雷公，地上海陸豐

1. people from Hailufeng are valiant and fierce