橫空出世

Chinese

		to arch across the sky; to fill the atmosphere; to be covering the sky	to come into the world; to be born; to be introduced to the world to come into the world; to be born; to be introduced to the world; to come out; to be published
trad. (橫空出世)		橫空	出世
simp. (横空出世)		横空	出世

Etymology

From the 1935 poem 《念奴嬌·昆侖》 by Mao Zedong.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): héngkōngchūshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄥˊ ㄎㄨㄥ ㄔㄨ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waang⁴ hung¹ ceot¹ sai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: héngkōngchūshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄥˊ ㄎㄨㄥ ㄔㄨ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: héngkongchushìh
    • Wade–Giles: hêng²-kʻung¹-chʻu¹-shih⁴
    • Yale: héng-kūng-chū-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herngkongchushyh
    • Palladius: хэнкунчуши (xɛnkunčuši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤŋ³⁵ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: waang⁴ hung¹ ceot¹ sai³
    • Yale: wàahng hūng chēut sai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waang⁴ hung¹ tsoet⁷ sai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: wang⁴ hung¹ cêd¹ sei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːŋ²¹ hʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɵt̚⁵ sɐi̯³³/

Idiom

橫空出世

1. to appear suddenly; to be spectacular