晴天霹靂

Chinese

		sunny day; clear weather; fine weather	thunderbolt; thunderclap; Perak
trad. (晴天霹靂)		晴天	霹靂
simp. (晴天霹雳)		晴天	霹雳
alternative forms		青天霹靂／青天霹雳

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qíngtiānpīlì

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄆㄧ ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing⁴ tin¹ pik¹ lik¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qíngtiānpīlì
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄆㄧ ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cíngtianpilì
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing²-tʻien¹-pʻi¹-li⁴
    • Yale: chíng-tyān-pī-lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyngtianpilih
    • Palladius: цинтяньпили (cintjanʹpili)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ pʰi⁵⁵ li⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cing⁴ tin¹ pik¹ lik¹
    • Yale: chìhng tīn pīk līk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing⁴ tin¹ pik⁷ lik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing⁴ tin¹ pig¹ lig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ²¹ tʰiːn⁵⁵ pʰɪk̚⁵ lɪk̚⁵/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 晴天霹靂

1. bolt from the blue; sudden and unexpected bad news