天有不測風雲

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	unexpected; unpredictable; something unexpected unexpected; unpredictable; something unexpected; sth unpredictable	wind and clouds; heavy wind and many clouds; storm
trad. (天有不測風雲)		天	有	不測	風雲
simp. (天有不测风云)		天	有	不测	风云

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiān yǒu bùcè fēngyún

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢㄧㄡˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄘㄜˋ ㄈㄥㄩㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ jau⁵ bat¹ caak¹ fung¹ wan⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tiān yǒu bùcè fēngyún [Phonetic: tiān yǒu búcè fēngyún]
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄧㄡˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄘㄜˋ ㄈㄥㄩㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tian yǒu bùcè fongyún
  - Wade–Giles: tʻien¹ yu³ pu⁴-tsʻê⁴ fêng¹-yün²
  - Yale: tyān yǒu bù-tsè fēng-yún
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tian yeou butseh fengyun
  - Palladius: тянь ю буцэ фэнъюнь (tjanʹ ju bucɛ fɛnʺjunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡sʰɤ⁵¹ fɤŋ⁵⁵ yn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tin¹ jau⁵ bat¹ caak¹ fung¹ wan⁴
  - Yale: tīn yáuh bāt chāak fūng wàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ jau⁵ bat⁷ tsaak⁷ fung¹ wan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ yeo⁵ bed¹ cag¹ fung¹ wen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ jɐu̯¹³ pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰaːk̚⁵ fʊŋ⁵⁵ wɐn²¹/

Proverb

天有不測風雲

Short for 天有不測風雲，人有旦夕禍福／天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福 (tiān yǒu bùcè fēngyún, rén yǒu dànxī huòfú, “Disasters and misfortunes are unpredictable”).
- 這實在是叫作「天有不測風雲」，她的男人是堅實人，誰知道年紀輕輕，就會斷送在傷寒上？ [MSC, trad.]
  这实在是叫作「天有不测风云」，她的男人是坚实人，谁知道年纪轻轻，就会断送在伤寒上？ [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1924, Lu Xun, 《祝福》
  Zhè shízài shì jiàozuò “tiān yǒu bùcè fēngyún”, tā de nánrén shì jiānshírén, shéi zhīdào niánjì qīngqīng, jiù huì duànsòng zài shānghán shàng? [Pinyin]
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