飛黃騰達

Chinese

			to roar; to rise up; to rise to power and position
trad. (飛黃騰達)		飛黃	騰達
simp. (飞黄腾达)		飞黄	腾达
Literally: “the divine steed Huang flashes past”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēihuángténgdá

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄊㄥˊ ㄉㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fei¹ wong⁴ tang⁴ daat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēihuángténgdá
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄟ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄊㄥˊ ㄉㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: feihuángténgdá
    • Wade–Giles: fei¹-huang²-tʻêng²-ta²
    • Yale: fēi-hwáng-téng-dá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feihwangterngdar
    • Palladius: фэйхуантэнда (fɛjxuantɛnda)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯⁵⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ tʰɤŋ³⁵ tä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fei¹ wong⁴ tang⁴ daat⁶
    • Yale: fēi wòhng tàhng daaht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fei¹ wong⁴ tang⁴ daat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: féi¹ wong⁴ teng⁴ dad⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fei̯⁵⁵ wɔːŋ²¹ tʰɐŋ²¹ taːt̚²/

Noun

飛黃騰達

1. meteoric rise; career success