風水

See also: 风水

Chinese

 
wind; news; style
wind; news; style; custom; manner
water; river
trad. (風水) 風 水
simp. (风水) 风 水
Literally: “wind and water”.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 風 水
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial (聲) 幫 (1) 書 (26)
Final (韻) 東 (2) 脂 (18)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 方戎切 式軌切
Baxter pjuwng sywijX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/pɨuŋ/ /ɕˠiuɪX/
Pan
Wuyun
/piuŋ/ /ɕʷᵚiX/
Shao
Rongfen
/piuŋ/ /ɕiuɪX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/puwŋ/ /ɕjwiX/
Li
Rong
/piuŋ/ /ɕjuiX/
Wang
Li
/pĭuŋ/ /ɕwiX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/pi̯uŋ/ /ɕwiX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
fēng shuǐ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
fung1 seoi2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 風 水
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
fēng shuǐ
Middle
Chinese
‹ pjuwng › ‹ sywijX ›
Old
Chinese
/*prəm/ /*s.turʔ/ (E dialect: *-r > *-j)
English wind (n.) water; river

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 風 水
Reading # 1/2 1/1
No. 2921 11948
Phonetic
component
凡 水
Rime
group
侵 脂
Rime
subdivision
3 2
Corresponding
MC rime
風 水
Old
Chinese
/*plum/ /*qʰʷljilʔ/

Noun

風水

  1. (literally) wind and water; wind and rain
  2. feng shui (a Chinese system of geomancy)
  3. (Hakka, Southern Min) tomb
  4. (Zhejiang Wu) typhoon

Synonyms

  • (typhoon):

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (風水):

Others:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
風 水
ふう
Grade: 2
すい
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

From Chinese 風水/风水.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ふうすい [fùúsúí] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝːsɨᵝi]

Noun

風(ふう)水(すい) • (fūsui) 

  1. (literal) wind and water
  2. feng shui

See also

  • 風(ふう)水(すい)害(がい) (fūsuigai)

Korean

Hanja in this term
風水

Noun

風水 • (pungsu) (hangeul 풍수)

  1. Hanja form? of 풍수 (“feng shui”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
風水

Noun

風水

  1. chữ Hán form of phong thuỷ (“feng shui”).
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