天有不測風雲，人有旦夕禍福

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	unexpected; unpredictable; something unexpected unexpected; unpredictable; something unexpected; sth unpredictable	wind and clouds; heavy wind and many clouds; storm		man; person; people	to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	morning and evening; short time; sooner or later morning and evening; short time; sooner or later; imminent; on the horizon	good fortune and misfortune; good times and hard times; happiness and suffering
trad. (天有不測風雲，人有旦夕禍福)		天	有	不測	風雲	，	人	有	旦夕	禍福
simp. (天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福)		天	有	不测	风云	，	人	有	旦夕	祸福

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiān yǒu bùcè fēngyún, rén yǒu dànxī huòfú, tiān yǒu bùcè fēngyún, rén yǒu dànxì huòfú

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄧㄡˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄘㄜˋ ㄈㄥ ㄩㄣˊ , ㄖㄣˊ ㄧㄡˇ ㄉㄢˋ ㄒㄧ ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄈㄨˊ, ㄊㄧㄢ ㄧㄡˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄘㄜˋ ㄈㄥ ㄩㄣˊ , ㄖㄣˊ ㄧㄡˇ ㄉㄢˋ ㄒㄧˋ ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄈㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ jau⁵ bat¹ caak¹ fung¹ wan⁴, jan⁴ jau⁵ daan³ zik⁶ wo⁶ fuk¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiān yǒu bùcè fēngyún, rén yǒu dànxī huòfú [Phonetic: tiān yǒu búcè fēngyún, rén yǒu dànxī huòfú]
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄧㄡˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄘㄜˋ ㄈㄥ ㄩㄣˊ , ㄖㄣˊ ㄧㄡˇ ㄉㄢˋ ㄒㄧ ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄈㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tian yǒu bùcè fongyún, rén yǒu dànsi huòfú
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹ yu³ pu⁴-tsʻê⁴ fêng¹-yün², jên² yu³ tan⁴-hsi¹ huo⁴-fu²
    • Yale: tyān yǒu bù-tsè fēng-yún-, rén yǒu dàn-syī hwò-fú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tian yeou butseh fengyun, ren yeou dannshi huohfwu
    • Palladius: тянь ю буцэ фэнъюнь, жэнь ю даньси хофу (tjanʹ ju bucɛ fɛnʺjunʹ, žɛnʹ ju danʹsi xofu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡sʰɤ⁵¹ fɤŋ⁵⁵ yn³⁵ ʐən³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tän⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵ xu̯ɔ⁵¹ fu³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiān yǒu bùcè fēngyún, rén yǒu dànxì huòfú [Phonetic: tiān yǒu búcè fēngyún, rén yǒu dànxì huòfú]
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄧㄡˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄘㄜˋ ㄈㄥ ㄩㄣˊ , ㄖㄣˊ ㄧㄡˇ ㄉㄢˋ ㄒㄧˋ ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄈㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tian yǒu bùcè fongyún, rén yǒu dànsì huòfú
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹ yu³ pu⁴-tsʻê⁴ fêng¹-yün², jên² yu³ tan⁴-hsi⁴ huo⁴-fu²
    • Yale: tyān yǒu bù-tsè fēng-yún-, rén yǒu dàn-syì hwò-fú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tian yeou butseh fengyun, ren yeou dannshih huohfwu
    • Palladius: тянь ю буцэ фэнъюнь, жэнь ю даньси хофу (tjanʹ ju bucɛ fɛnʺjunʹ, žɛnʹ ju danʹsi xofu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡sʰɤ⁵¹ fɤŋ⁵⁵ yn³⁵ ʐən³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ɔ⁵¹ fu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ jau⁵ bat¹ caak¹ fung¹ wan⁴, jan⁴ jau⁵ daan³ zik⁶ wo⁶ fuk¹
    • Yale: tīn yáuh bāt chāak fūng wàhn, yàhn yáuh daan jihk woh fūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ jau⁵ bat⁷ tsaak⁷ fung¹ wan⁴, jan⁴ jau⁵ daan³ dzik⁹ wo⁶ fuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ yeo⁵ bed¹ cag¹ fung¹ wen⁴, yen⁴ yeo⁵ dan³ jig⁶ wo⁶ fug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ jɐu̯¹³ pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰaːk̚⁵ fʊŋ⁵⁵ wɐn²¹ jɐn²¹ jɐu̯¹³ taːn³³ t͡sɪk̚² wɔː²² fʊk̚⁵/

Proverb

天有不測風雲，人有旦夕禍福

1. disasters and misfortunes are unpredictable; one's fortune is as unpredictable as the weather