風聲鶴唳

See also: 风声鹤唳 and 風声鶴唳

Chinese

		wind; news; style wind; news; style; custom; manner	sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds) sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds); tone; noise	crane	cry of a crane or wild goose
trad. (風聲鶴唳)		風	聲	鶴	唳
simp. (风声鹤唳)		风	声	鹤	唳

Etymology

From the Book of Jin:

餘眾棄甲宵遁，聞風聲鶴唳，皆以為王師已至。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]

余众弃甲宵遁，闻风声鹤唳，皆以为王师已至。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

From: 648 CE, Fang Xuanling (lead editor), Book of Jin

Yú zhòng qì jiǎ xiāo dùn, wén fēngshēnghèlì, jiē yǐwèi wángshī yǐ zhì. [Pinyin]

The rest of the troop dropped their armors and escaped overnight. Hearing the sound of the wind and the cry of cranes, they thought the monarch's army had come.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fēngshēnghèlì

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄥㄕㄥㄏㄜˋ ㄌㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fung¹ sing¹ hok⁶ leoi⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hong-siaⁿ-ho̍h-lūi

(Teochew, Peng'im): huang¹ sian¹ hoh⁸ li⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fēngshēnghèlì
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄥㄕㄥㄏㄜˋ ㄌㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fongshenghèlì
  - Wade–Giles: fêng¹-shêng¹-ho⁴-li⁴
  - Yale: fēng-shēng-hè-lì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fengshenghehlih
  - Palladius: фэншэнхэли (fɛnšɛnxɛli)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ xɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fung¹ sing¹ hok⁶ leoi⁶
  - Yale: fūng sīng hohk leuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fung¹ sing¹ hok⁹ loey⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: fung¹ xing¹ hog⁶ lêu⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊŋ⁵⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵ hɔːk̚² lɵy̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hong-siaⁿ-ho̍h-lūi
  - Tâi-lô: hong-siann-ho̍h-luī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hongsvia'hoiqlui
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² siã⁴⁴⁻²² ho(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ lui²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ³³ siã³³ ho(ʔ)²⁴⁻² lui⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² siã⁴⁴⁻²² ho(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ lui²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ siã⁴⁴⁻³³ ho(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ lui³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ siã⁴⁴⁻³³ hɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ lui³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: huang¹ sian¹ hoh⁸ li⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huang siaⁿ ho̍h lĭ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /huaŋ³³⁻²³ sĩã³³⁻²³ hoʔ⁴⁻² li³⁵/

Idiom

風聲鶴唳

to panic and feel apprehensive for even the slightest sound

Synonyms

草木皆兵 (cǎomùjiēbīng)
杯弓蛇影 (bēigōng-shéyǐng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (風聲鶴唳):

→ Japanese: 風声鶴唳(ふうせいかくれい) (fūsei kakurei)
→ Korean: 풍성학려(風聲鶴唳) (pungseonghangnyeo)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
風	聲	鶴	唳
ふう Grade: 2	せい Hyōgai	かく Grade: S	れい Hyōgai
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 風聲鶴唳 – see the following entry.

【風声鶴唳ふうせいかくれい】

[noun] (idiomatic) panic and apprehension for even the slightest sound

(This term, 風聲鶴唳, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
風	聲	鶴	唳

Noun

風聲鶴唳 • (pungseonghangnyeo) (hangeul 풍성학려)

hanja form^? of 풍성학려