五風十雨

Chinese

		five	wind; news; style wind; news; style; custom; manner	ten	rain
trad. (五風十雨)		五	風	十	雨
simp. (五风十雨)		五	风	十	雨
Literally: “It winds every five days and rains every ten days”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǔfēngshíyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄈㄥ ㄕˊ ㄩˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǔfēngshíyǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄈㄥ ㄕˊ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǔfongshíhyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: wu³-fêng¹-shih²-yü³
    • Yale: wǔ-fēng-shŕ-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuufengshyryeu
    • Palladius: уфэншиюй (ufɛnšijuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹ fɤŋ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

五風十雨

1. favorable weather conditions for farming

Synonyms

• 風調雨順／风调雨顺 (fēngtiáoyǔshùn)