風口浪尖

Chinese

		wind; news; style wind; news; style; custom; manner	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)	wave; breaker; unrestrained wave; breaker; unrestrained; dissipated	point (of needle); sharp; shrewd point (of needle); sharp; shrewd; pointed
trad. (風口浪尖)		風	口	浪	尖
simp. (风口浪尖)		风	口	浪	尖
Literally: “where the wind is the strongest and waves are the highest”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēngkǒulàngjiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄥ ㄎㄡˇ ㄌㄤˋ ㄐㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fung¹ hau² long⁶ zim¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēngkǒulàngjiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄥ ㄎㄡˇ ㄌㄤˋ ㄐㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fongkǒulàngjian
    • Wade–Giles: fêng¹-kʻou³-lang⁴-chien¹
    • Yale: fēng-kǒu-làng-jyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fengkooulanqjian
    • Palladius: фэнкоуланцзянь (fɛnkoulanczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ⁵⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ lɑŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fung¹ hau² long⁶ zim¹
    • Yale: fūng háu lohng jīm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fung¹ hau² long⁶ dzim¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fung¹ heo² long⁶ jim¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊŋ⁵⁵ hɐu̯³⁵ lɔːŋ²² t͡siːm⁵⁵/

Idiom

風口浪尖

1. (figurative) line of fire