風口浪尖

Chinese

		wind; news; style wind; news; style; custom; manner	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)	wave; breaker; unrestrained wave; breaker; unrestrained; dissipated	point (of needle); sharp; shrewd point (of needle); sharp; shrewd; pointed
trad. (風口浪尖)		風	口	浪	尖
simp. (风口浪尖)		风	口	浪	尖
Literally: “where the wind is the strongest and waves are the highest”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fēngkǒulàngjiān

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄥㄎㄡˇ ㄌㄤˋ ㄐㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fung¹ hau² long⁶ zim¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fēngkǒulàngjiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄥㄎㄡˇ ㄌㄤˋ ㄐㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fongkǒulàngjian
  - Wade–Giles: fêng¹-kʻou³-lang⁴-chien¹
  - Yale: fēng-kǒu-làng-jyān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fengkooulanqjian
  - Palladius: фэнкоуланцзянь (fɛnkoulanczjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ⁵⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ lɑŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fung¹ hau² long⁶ zim¹
  - Yale: fūng háu lohng jīm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fung¹ hau² long⁶ dzim¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: fung¹ heo² long⁶ jim¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊŋ⁵⁵ hɐu̯³⁵ lɔːŋ²² t͡siːm⁵⁵/

Idiom

風口浪尖

(figurative) line of fire

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