無風不起浪

Chinese

		not have	wind; news; style wind; news; style; custom; manner	not; no	to rise; to raise; to get up	wave; breaker; unrestrained wave; breaker; unrestrained; dissipated
trad. (無風不起浪)		無	風	不	起	浪
simp. (无风不起浪)		无	风	不	起	浪
Literally: “There are no waves without wind”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wú fēng bù qǐ làng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄈㄥ ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧˇ ㄌㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ fung¹ bat¹ hei² long⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wú fēng bù qǐ làng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄈㄥ ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧˇ ㄌㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wú fong bù cǐ làng
    • Wade–Giles: wu² fêng¹ pu⁴ chʻi³ lang⁴
    • Yale: wú fēng bù chǐ làng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wu feng bu chii lanq
    • Palladius: у фэн бу ци лан (u fɛn bu ci lan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ lɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ fung¹ bat¹ hei² long⁶
    • Yale: mòuh fūng bāt héi lohng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ fung¹ bat⁷ hei² long⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ fung¹ bed¹ héi² long⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ fʊŋ⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ hei̯³⁵ lɔːŋ²²/

Proverb

無風不起浪

1. (figurative) No smoke without fire.