"方興未艾" meaning in Chinese

See 方興未艾 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /fɑŋ⁵⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ˀaɪ̯⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /fɔːŋ⁵⁵ hɪŋ⁵⁵ mei̯²² ŋaːi̯²²/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² bi²²⁻²¹ ŋãi²²/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Xiamen], /hɔŋ³³ hiɪŋ³³ bi⁴¹⁻²² ŋãi⁴¹/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Quanzhou], /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² bi²²⁻²¹ ŋãi²²/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Zhangzhou], /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ bi³³⁻¹¹ ŋãi³³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Taipei], /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ bi³³⁻²¹ ŋãi³³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Kaohsiung] Forms: 方兴未艾 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 方興未艾
  1. to be ascendant or still growing Tags: idiomatic
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "方兴未艾",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "方興未艾",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cantonese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hokkien chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be ascendant or still growing"
      ],
      "id": "en-方興未艾-zh-phrase-LNPBqdSu",
      "links": [
        [
          "ascendant",
          "ascendant"
        ],
        [
          "growing",
          "growing"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fāngxīngwèi'ài"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄈㄤ ㄒㄧㄥ ㄨㄟˋ ㄞˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fong¹ hing¹ mei⁶ ngaai⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hong-heng-bī-ngāi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fāngxīngwèi'ài"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄈㄤ ㄒㄧㄥ ㄨㄟˋ ㄞˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fangsingwèi-ài"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fang¹-hsing¹-wei⁴-ai⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fāng-syīng-wèi-ài"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fangshingweyay"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fansinvɛjaj",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "фансинвэйай"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɑŋ⁵⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ˀaɪ̯⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fong¹ hing¹ mei⁶ ngaai⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fōng hīng meih ngaaih"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fong¹ hing¹ mei⁶ ngaai⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fong¹ hing¹ méi⁶ ngai⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɔːŋ⁵⁵ hɪŋ⁵⁵ mei̯²² ŋaːi̯²²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hong-heng-bī-ngāi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hong-hing-bī-ngāi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "honghengbixngai"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² bi²²⁻²¹ ŋãi²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔŋ³³ hiɪŋ³³ bi⁴¹⁻²² ŋãi⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² bi²²⁻²¹ ŋãi²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ bi³³⁻¹¹ ŋãi³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ bi³³⁻²¹ ŋãi³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "方興未艾"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "方兴未艾",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "方興未艾",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese chengyu",
        "Cantonese idioms",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese chengyu",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 方",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 未",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 興",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 艾",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Hokkien chengyu",
        "Hokkien idioms",
        "Hokkien lemmas",
        "Mandarin chengyu",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be ascendant or still growing"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ascendant",
          "ascendant"
        ],
        [
          "growing",
          "growing"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fāngxīngwèi'ài"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄈㄤ ㄒㄧㄥ ㄨㄟˋ ㄞˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fong¹ hing¹ mei⁶ ngaai⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hong-heng-bī-ngāi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fāngxīngwèi'ài"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄈㄤ ㄒㄧㄥ ㄨㄟˋ ㄞˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fangsingwèi-ài"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fang¹-hsing¹-wei⁴-ai⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fāng-syīng-wèi-ài"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fangshingweyay"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fansinvɛjaj",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "фансинвэйай"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɑŋ⁵⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ˀaɪ̯⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fong¹ hing¹ mei⁶ ngaai⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fōng hīng meih ngaaih"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fong¹ hing¹ mei⁶ ngaai⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fong¹ hing¹ méi⁶ ngai⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɔːŋ⁵⁵ hɪŋ⁵⁵ mei̯²² ŋaːi̯²²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hong-heng-bī-ngāi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hong-hing-bī-ngāi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "honghengbixngai"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² bi²²⁻²¹ ŋãi²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔŋ³³ hiɪŋ³³ bi⁴¹⁻²² ŋãi⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² bi²²⁻²¹ ŋãi²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ bi³³⁻¹¹ ŋãi³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ bi³³⁻²¹ ŋãi³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "方興未艾"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 方興未艾 meaning in Chinese (3.6kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Chinese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-08-29 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-08-23 using wiktextract (ffdbfc3 and b9346a0). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.