歐風美雨
Chinese
| surname; Europe | wind; news; style wind; news; style; custom; manner |
beautiful; beauty; America | rain | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (歐風美雨) | 歐 | 風 | 美 | 雨 | |
| simp. (欧风美雨) | 欧 | 风 | 美 | 雨 | |
| Literally: “European wind and American rain”. | |||||
Etymology
Coined by Sun Yat-sen in 1924.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: ōufēngměiyǔ [Phonetic: ōufēngméiyǔ]
- Zhuyin: ㄡ ㄈㄥ ㄇㄟˇ ㄩˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: oufongměiyǔ
- Wade–Giles: ou1-fêng1-mei3-yü3
- Yale: ōu-fēng-měi-yǔ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: oufengmeeiyeu
- Palladius: оуфэнмэйюй (oufɛnmɛjjuj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ˀoʊ̯⁵⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Idiom
歐風美雨 (historical, figuratively)
- influences of western culture and civilization
- western invasion of China