"五福臨門" meaning in Chinese

See 五福臨門 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /u²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu³⁵ lin³⁵ mən³⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /ŋ̍¹³ fʊk̚⁵ lɐm²¹ muːn²¹/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 五福临门 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 五福臨門
  1. may the five blessings descend upon this home (namely: longevity, wealth, health, virtue and a natural death) Tags: idiomatic
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
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        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "name": "Health",
          "orig": "zh:Health",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "name": "Money",
          "orig": "zh:Money",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "New Year",
          "orig": "zh:New Year",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "may the five blessings descend upon this home (namely: longevity, wealth, health, virtue and a natural death)"
      ],
      "id": "en-五福臨門-zh-phrase-XQjZMMMg",
      "links": [
        [
          "five",
          "five"
        ],
        [
          "blessing",
          "blessing"
        ],
        [
          "descend",
          "descend"
        ],
        [
          "home",
          "home"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wǔfúlínmén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨˇ ㄈㄨˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄇㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ng⁵ fuk¹ lam⁴ mun⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wǔfúlínmén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨˇ ㄈㄨˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄇㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wǔfúlínmén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wu³-fu²-lin²-mên²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wǔ-fú-lín-mén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wuufwulinmen"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ufulinʹmɛnʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "уфулиньмэнь"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu³⁵ lin³⁵ mən³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ng⁵ fuk¹ lam⁴ mun⁴"
    },
    {
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        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ńgh fūk làhm mùhn"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ng⁵ fuk⁷ lam⁴ mun⁴"
    },
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        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ng⁵ fug¹ lem⁴ mun⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋ̍¹³ fʊk̚⁵ lɐm²¹ muːn²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "五福臨門"
}
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        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 五",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 福",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 臨",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 門",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin chengyu",
        "Mandarin idioms",
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        "may the five blessings descend upon this home (namely: longevity, wealth, health, virtue and a natural death)"
      ],
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          "five",
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        [
          "blessing",
          "blessing"
        ],
        [
          "descend",
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        ],
        [
          "home",
          "home"
        ]
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
      ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wǔfúlínmén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨˇ ㄈㄨˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄇㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ng⁵ fuk¹ lam⁴ mun⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wǔfúlínmén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨˇ ㄈㄨˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄇㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wǔfúlínmén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wu³-fu²-lin²-mên²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wǔ-fú-lín-mén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wuufwulinmen"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ufulinʹmɛnʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "уфулиньмэнь"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu³⁵ lin³⁵ mən³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ng⁵ fuk¹ lam⁴ mun⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ńgh fūk làhm mùhn"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ng⁵ fuk⁷ lam⁴ mun⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ng⁵ fug¹ lem⁴ mun⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋ̍¹³ fʊk̚⁵ lɐm²¹ muːn²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "五福臨門"
}

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