樹大招風

Chinese

		tree	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	provoke; to recruit	wind; news; style wind; news; style; custom; manner
trad. (樹大招風)		樹	大	招	風
simp. (树大招风)		树	大	招	风
Literally: “tree big provoke wind”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shùdàzhāofēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄓㄠ ㄈㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syu⁶ daai⁶ ziu¹ fung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shùdàzhāofēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄓㄠ ㄈㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shùdàjhaofong
    • Wade–Giles: shu⁴-ta⁴-chao¹-fêng¹
    • Yale: shù-dà-jāu-fēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuhdahjaufeng
    • Palladius: шудачжаофэн (šudačžaofɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵¹⁻⁵³ tä⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syu⁶ daai⁶ ziu¹ fung¹
    • Yale: syuh daaih jīu fūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sy⁶ daai⁶ dziu¹ fung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xu⁶ dai⁶ jiu¹ fung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syː²² taːi̯²² t͡siːu̯⁵⁵ fʊŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 樹大招風

1. (figurative) prominence invites trouble