巫山雲雨

Chinese

			clouds and rain; favour bestowed by a monarch or high-ranking official
trad. (巫山雲雨)		巫山	雲雨
simp. (巫山云雨)		巫山	云雨
Literally: “clouds and rain of Mount Wu”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wūshān yúnyǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄕㄢㄩㄣˊ ㄩˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wūshān yúnyǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄕㄢㄩㄣˊ ㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wushan yúnyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: wu¹-shan¹ yün²-yü³
  - Yale: wū-shān yún-yǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ushan yunyeu
  - Palladius: ушань юньюй (ušanʹ junʹjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁵ ʂän⁵⁵ yn³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

巫山雲雨

(literary) a rendezvous between two lovers

Japanese

Kanji in this term
巫	山	雲	雨
ふ Jinmeiyō	さん > ざん Grade: 1	うん Grade: 2	う Grade: 1
kan'yōon	kan'on	on'yomi

Noun

巫(ふ)山(ざん)雲(うん)雨(う) • (fuzan un'u)

(literary) a rendezvous between two lovers in a dream
(literary) a sexual encounter between two lovers