氛圍

See also: 氛围 and 雰囲気

Chinese

	miasma; vapour	to circle; to surround
trad. (氛圍)	氛	圍
simp. (氛围)	氛	围
alternative forms	雰圍／氛围

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From 雰圍氣, which was borrowed from Japanese?”)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fēnwéi, fènwéi

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄣㄨㄟˊ, ㄈㄣˋ ㄨㄟˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fan¹ wai⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hun-ûi

(Teochew, Peng'im): hung¹ ui⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fēnwéi
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄣㄨㄟˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fenwéi
  - Wade–Giles: fên¹-wei²
  - Yale: fēn-wéi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fenwei
  - Palladius: фэньвэй (fɛnʹvɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fən⁵⁵ weɪ̯³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    分為／分为
    氛圍／氛围
- (Standard Chinese, nonstandard or dialectal)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fènwéi
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄣˋ ㄨㄟˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fènwéi
  - Wade–Giles: fên⁴-wei²
  - Yale: fèn-wéi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fennwei
  - Palladius: фэньвэй (fɛnʹvɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fən⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: fan¹ wai⁴
  - Yale: fān wàih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fan¹ wai⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: fen¹ wei⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐn⁵⁵ wɐi̯²¹/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    分為／分为
    氛圍／氛围
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hun-ûi
  - Tâi-lô: hun-uî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hun'uii
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hun⁴⁴⁻²² ui²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hun³³ ui²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hun⁴⁴⁻²² ui¹³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: hung¹ ui⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hung ûi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /huŋ³³⁻²³ ui⁵⁵/

Noun

氛圍

atmosphere; ambiance
- Nov 1934, 楊華, “燕子去了後的秋光”, in 臺灣文藝, volume 1, number 1, 臺灣文藝聯盟, page 25:
  
  我對着秋的氛圍，深々感傷！ [MSC, trad.]
  我对着秋的氛围，深々感伤！ [MSC, simp.]
  Wǒ duì zhe qiū de fēnwéi, shēnshēn gǎnshāng! [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
(music) ambient

Synonyms

(atmosphere):

氣氛／气氛
氣象／气象 (qìxiàng) (literary)
空氣／空气 (kōngqì)