風聲鶴唳

See also: 风声鹤唳 and 風声鶴唳

Chinese

		wind; news; style wind; news; style; custom; manner	sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds) sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds); tone; noise	crane	cry of a crane or wild goose
trad. (風聲鶴唳)		風	聲	鶴	唳
simp. (风声鹤唳)		风	声	鹤	唳

Etymology

From the Book of Jin:

餘眾棄甲宵遁，聞風聲鶴唳，皆以為王師已至。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]

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余众弃甲宵遁，闻风声鹤唳，皆以为王师已至。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

From: 648 CE, Fang Xuanling (lead editor), Book of Jin

Yú zhòng qì jiǎ xiāo dùn, wén fēngshēnghèlì, jiē yǐwèi wángshī yǐ zhì. [Pinyin]

The rest of the troop dropped their armors and escaped overnight. Hearing the sound of the wind and the cry of cranes, they thought the monarch's army had come.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēngshēnghèlì

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄥ ㄕㄥ ㄏㄜˋ ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fung¹ sing¹ hok⁶ leoi⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hong-siaⁿ-ho̍h-lūi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): huang¹ sian¹ hoh⁸ li⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēngshēnghèlì
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄥ ㄕㄥ ㄏㄜˋ ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fongshenghèlì
    • Wade–Giles: fêng¹-shêng¹-ho⁴-li⁴
    • Yale: fēng-shēng-hè-lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fengshenghehlih
    • Palladius: фэншэнхэли (fɛnšɛnxɛli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ xɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fung¹ sing¹ hok⁶ leoi⁶
    • Yale: fūng sīng hohk leuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fung¹ sing¹ hok⁹ loey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: fung¹ xing¹ hog⁶ lêu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊŋ⁵⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵ hɔːk̚² lɵy̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hong-siaⁿ-ho̍h-lūi
    • Tâi-lô: hong-siann-ho̍h-luī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hongsvia'hoiqlui
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² siã⁴⁴⁻²² ho(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ lui²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ³³ siã³³ ho(ʔ)²⁴⁻² lui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² siã⁴⁴⁻²² ho(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ lui²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ siã⁴⁴⁻³³ ho(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ lui³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ siã⁴⁴⁻³³ hɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ lui³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: huang¹ sian¹ hoh⁸ li⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huang siaⁿ ho̍h lĭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huaŋ³³⁻²³ sĩã³³⁻²³ hoʔ⁴⁻² li³⁵/

Idiom

風聲鶴唳

1. to panic and feel apprehensive for even the slightest sound

Synonyms

• 草木皆兵 (cǎomùjiēbīng)
• 杯弓蛇影 (bēigōng-shéyǐng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (風聲鶴唳):

• → Japanese: 風声鶴唳(ふうせいかくれい) (fūsei kakurei)
• → Korean: 풍성학려(風聲鶴唳) (pungseonghangnyeo)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
風	聲	鶴	唳
ふう Grade: 2	せい Hyōgaiji	かく Grade: S	れい Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 風聲鶴唳 – see the following entry.

【風声鶴唳ふうせいかくれい】 [noun] (idiomatic) panic and apprehension for even the slightest sound

(This term, 風聲鶴唳, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
風	聲	鶴	唳

Noun

風聲鶴唳 • (pungseonghangnyeo) (hangeul 풍성학려)

1. Hanja form^? of 풍성학려.