風生水起

Chinese

		wind; news; style wind; news; style; custom; manner	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	water; river	to rise; to raise; to get up
trad. (風生水起)		風	生	水	起
simp. (风生水起)		风	生	水	起

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fēngshēngshuǐqǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄥㄕㄥㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄑㄧˇ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): fung¹ saang¹ seoi² hei²

(Taishan, Wiktionary): fuung¹ sang¹ sui² hei²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fēngshēngshuǐqǐ [Phonetic: fēngshēngshuíqǐ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄥㄕㄥㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄑㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fongshengshuěicǐ
  - Wade–Giles: fêng¹-shêng¹-shui³-chʻi³
  - Yale: fēng-shēng-shwěi-chǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fengshengshoeichii
  - Palladius: фэншэншуйци (fɛnšɛnšujci)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fung¹ saang¹ seoi² hei²
  - Yale: fūng sāang séui héi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fung¹ saang¹ soey² hei²
  - Guangdong Romanization: fung¹ sang¹ sêu² héi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊŋ⁵⁵ saːŋ⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵ hei̯³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: fuung¹ sang¹ sui² hei²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɵŋ³³ saŋ³³ sui⁵⁵ hei⁵⁵/

Idiom

風生水起

to be flourishing; to be blooming (also used a Chinese New Year's wishing phrase)
撈到風生水起 [Cantonese, trad.]
捞到风生水起 [Cantonese, simp.]
lou¹ dou³ fung¹ saang¹ seoi² hei² [Jyutping]
to be flourishing with career / business