鴻運當頭

Chinese

		good luck	right on someone's head; overhead; head on right on someone's head; overhead; head on; in someone's face; directly
trad. (鴻運當頭)		鴻運	當頭
simp. (鸿运当头)		鸿运	当头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hóngyùndāngtóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄩㄣˋ ㄉㄤ ㄊㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung⁴ wan⁶ dong¹ tau⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hông-ūn tng-thâu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hóngyùndāngtóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄩㄣˋ ㄉㄤ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hóngyùndangtóu
    • Wade–Giles: hung²-yün⁴-tang¹-tʻou²
    • Yale: húng-yùn-dāng-tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: horngyunndangtour
    • Palladius: хунъюньдантоу (xunʺjunʹdantou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ³⁵ yn⁵¹ tɑŋ⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hung⁴ wan⁶ dong¹ tau⁴
    • Yale: hùhng wahn dōng tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung⁴ wan⁶ dong¹ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung⁴ wen⁶ dong¹ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ²¹ wɐn²² tɔːŋ⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hông-ūn tng-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: hông-ūn tng-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hong'un dngtaau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² un²²⁻²¹ tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² un⁴¹⁻²² tŋ̍³³ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ¹³⁻²² un²²⁻²¹ tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ un³³⁻¹¹ tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ²³⁻³³ un³³⁻²¹ tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²³/

Idiom

鴻運當頭

1. to experience a huge stroke of good luck