雨後春筍

Chinese

		rain	back; behind; rear back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later	spring (time); gay; joyful spring (time); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life	bamboo shoot
trad. (雨後春筍)		雨	後	春	筍
simp. (雨后春笋)		雨	后	春	笋
Literally: “spring bamboo after the rain”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǔhòuchūnsǔn

(Zhuyin): ㄩˇ ㄏㄡˋ ㄔㄨㄣㄙㄨㄣˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁵ hau⁶ ceon¹ seon²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ú-hō͘-chhun-sún / ú-āu-chhun-sún

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǔhòuchūnsǔn
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˇ ㄏㄡˋ ㄔㄨㄣㄙㄨㄣˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǔhòuchunsǔn
  - Wade–Giles: yü³-hou⁴-chʻun¹-sun³
  - Yale: yǔ-hòu-chwūn-swǔn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeuhowchuensoen
  - Palladius: юйхоучуньсунь (jujxoučunʹsunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y²¹⁴⁻²¹ xoʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵ su̯ən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyu⁵ hau⁶ ceon¹ seon²
  - Yale: yúh hauh chēun séun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁵ hau⁶ tsoen¹ soen²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yu⁵ heo⁶ cên¹ sên²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː¹³ hɐu̯²² t͡sʰɵn⁵⁵ sɵn³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ú-hō͘-chhun-sún
  - Tâi-lô: ú-hōo-tshun-sún
  - Phofsit Daibuun: w'hoxzhunsuon
  - IPA (Xiamen): /u⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔ²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻²² sun⁵³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ú-āu-chhun-sún
  - Tâi-lô: ú-āu-tshun-sún
  - Phofsit Daibuun: wauxzhunsuon
  - IPA (Taipei): /u⁵³⁻⁴⁴ au³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ sun⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /u⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ au³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ sun⁴¹/

Idiom

雨後春筍

(figurative) many things coming into being in rapid succession (after a certain timepoint)
如雨後春筍般湧現 [MSC, trad.]
如雨后春笋般涌现 [MSC, simp.]
rú yǔhòuchūnsǔn bān yǒngxiàn [Pinyin]
to spring up like mushrooms