風花雪月

See also: 风花雪月

Chinese

		wind; news; style wind; news; style; custom; manner	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern	snow	moon; month
trad. (風花雪月)		風	花	雪	月
simp. (风花雪月)		风	花	雪	月
Literally: “wind, flower, snow and moon”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēnghuāxuěyuè

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄥ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄩㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fung¹ faa¹ syut³ jyut⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēnghuāxuěyuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄥ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fonghuasyuěyuè
    • Wade–Giles: fêng¹-hua¹-hsüeh³-yüeh⁴
    • Yale: fēng-hwā-sywě-ywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fenghuasheueyueh
    • Palladius: фэнхуасюэюэ (fɛnxuasjuejue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵ ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɥɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fung¹ faa¹ syut³ jyut⁶
    • Yale: fūng fā syut yuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fung¹ faa¹ syt⁸ jyt⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fung¹ fa¹ xud³ yud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊŋ⁵⁵ faː⁵⁵ syːt̚³ jyːt̚²/

Idiom

風花雪月

1. trite poetry subject; effete language without substance
2. romantic themes; love affair; debaucherous life