"見風使舵" meaning in Chinese

See 見風使舵 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ fɤŋ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu̯ɔ⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /kiːn³³ fʊŋ⁵⁵ sɐi̯³⁵ tʰɔː²¹/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 见风使舵 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 見風使舵
  1. to bend with the wind; to change one's position, attitude, behaviour, etc. depending on the situation (usually with negative connotation) Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-見風使舵-zh-phrase-i44Y8nWI Categories (other): Cantonese chengyu, Chinese chengyu, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin chengyu, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Synonyms: 看風使舵 [formal, Standard-Chinese], 看風使帆 [formal, Standard-Chinese], 看風轉舵 [formal, Standard-Chinese], 看風駛船 [formal, Standard-Chinese], 見風使舵 [formal, Standard-Chinese], 見風轉舵 [formal, Standard-Chinese], 見風使帆 [formal, Standard-Chinese], 見風轉篷 [formal, Standard-Chinese], 見風駛船 [formal, Standard-Chinese], 趁風使𢃇 [Cantonese, Guangzhou], 見風使𢃇 [Cantonese, Guangzhou], 看風使𢃇 [Cantonese, Hong-Kong], 見風使𢃇 [Cantonese, Hong-Kong], 見風轉舵 [Gan, Nanchang], 看風駛船 [Hakka, Meixian], 看風使篷 [Xiamen], 看風駛船 [Xiamen], 看風駛船 [Quanzhou], 看風駛船 [Zhangzhou], 𠁣𠃛仔直 [Zhangzhou], 望風駛船 [Haikou], 看風使𢃇 [Southern-Pinghua, Nanning, Tingzi], 隨風轉舵 [Wu, Shanghai], 看風駛船 [Wu, Ningbo], 看風使舵, 看風使帆, 看風轉舵, 看風駛船, 見風轉舵, 見風使帆, 見風轉篷, 見風駛船, Guangzhou, 趁風使𢃇, 見風使𢃇, Hong Kong, 看風使𢃇, Nanchang, Meixian, Xiamen, 看風使篷, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, 𠁣𠃛仔直, Haikou, 望風駛船, Nanning [Tingzi], Shanghai, 隨風轉舵, Ningbo
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        "to bend with the wind; to change one's position, attitude, behaviour, etc. depending on the situation (usually with negative connotation)"
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          "word": "看風使舵"
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        {
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            "formal",
            "Standard-Chinese"
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          "word": "看風使帆"
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        {
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            "formal",
            "Standard-Chinese"
          ],
          "word": "看風轉舵"
        },
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          "word": "見風使舵"
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        {
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            "Standard-Chinese"
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        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "formal",
            "Standard-Chinese"
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          "word": "見風使帆"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "formal",
            "Standard-Chinese"
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          "word": "見風轉篷"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "formal",
            "Standard-Chinese"
          ],
          "word": "見風駛船"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Guangzhou"
          ],
          "word": "趁風使𢃇"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Guangzhou"
          ],
          "word": "見風使𢃇"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Hong-Kong"
          ],
          "word": "看風使𢃇"
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            "Hong-Kong"
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          "word": "見風使𢃇"
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        {
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            "Gan",
            "Nanchang"
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          "word": "見風轉舵"
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        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Meixian"
          ],
          "word": "看風駛船"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Xiamen"
          ],
          "word": "看風使篷"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Xiamen"
          ],
          "word": "看風駛船"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Quanzhou"
          ],
          "word": "看風駛船"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Zhangzhou"
          ],
          "word": "看風駛船"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Zhangzhou"
          ],
          "word": "𠁣𠃛仔直"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Haikou"
          ],
          "word": "望風駛船"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Southern-Pinghua",
            "Nanning",
            "Tingzi"
          ],
          "word": "看風使𢃇"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu",
            "Shanghai"
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          "word": "隨風轉舵"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu",
            "Ningbo"
          ],
          "word": "看風駛船"
        },
        {
          "word": "看風使舵"
        },
        {
          "word": "看風使帆"
        },
        {
          "word": "看風轉舵"
        },
        {
          "word": "看風駛船"
        },
        {
          "word": "見風轉舵"
        },
        {
          "word": "見風使帆"
        },
        {
          "word": "見風轉篷"
        },
        {
          "word": "見風駛船"
        },
        {
          "word": "Guangzhou"
        },
        {
          "word": "趁風使𢃇"
        },
        {
          "word": "見風使𢃇"
        },
        {
          "word": "Hong Kong"
        },
        {
          "word": "看風使𢃇"
        },
        {
          "word": "Nanchang"
        },
        {
          "word": "Meixian"
        },
        {
          "word": "Xiamen"
        },
        {
          "word": "看風使篷"
        },
        {
          "word": "Quanzhou"
        },
        {
          "word": "Zhangzhou"
        },
        {
          "word": "𠁣𠃛仔直"
        },
        {
          "word": "Haikou"
        },
        {
          "word": "望風駛船"
        },
        {
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            "Tingzi"
          ],
          "word": "Nanning"
        },
        {
          "word": "Shanghai"
        },
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          "word": "隨風轉舵"
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiànfēngshǐduò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄈㄥ ㄕˇ ㄉㄨㄛˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gin³ fung¹ sai² to⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiànfēngshǐduò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄈㄥ ㄕˇ ㄉㄨㄛˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiànfongshǐhduò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chien⁴-fêng¹-shih³-to⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jyàn-fēng-shř-dwò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiannfengshyyduoh"
    },
    {
      "roman": "czjanʹfɛnšido",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цзяньфэншидо"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ fɤŋ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu̯ɔ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
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      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gin³ fung¹ sai² to⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gin fūng sái tòh"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gin³ fung¹ sai² to⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gin³ fung¹ sei² to⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiːn³³ fʊŋ⁵⁵ sɐi̯³⁵ tʰɔː²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "見風使舵"
}
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "见风使舵",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 使",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 舵",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 見",
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        "Mandarin lemmas",
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      "glosses": [
        "to bend with the wind; to change one's position, attitude, behaviour, etc. depending on the situation (usually with negative connotation)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bend with the wind",
          "bend with the wind"
        ],
        [
          "change",
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        ],
        [
          "position",
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        ],
        [
          "attitude",
          "attitude"
        ],
        [
          "behaviour",
          "behaviour"
        ],
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          "situation",
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        ]
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiànfēngshǐduò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄈㄥ ㄕˇ ㄉㄨㄛˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gin³ fung¹ sai² to⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiànfēngshǐduò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄈㄥ ㄕˇ ㄉㄨㄛˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiànfongshǐhduò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chien⁴-fêng¹-shih³-to⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jyàn-fēng-shř-dwò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiannfengshyyduoh"
    },
    {
      "roman": "czjanʹfɛnšido",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цзяньфэншидо"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ fɤŋ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu̯ɔ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gin³ fung¹ sai² to⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gin fūng sái tòh"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gin³ fung¹ sai² to⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gin³ fung¹ sei² to⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiːn³³ fʊŋ⁵⁵ sɐi̯³⁵ tʰɔː²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
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        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "看風使舵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "看風使帆"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "看風轉舵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "看風駛船"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "見風使舵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "見風轉舵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "見風使帆"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "見風轉篷"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "見風駛船"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "趁風使𢃇"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "見風使𢃇"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "word": "看風使𢃇"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "word": "見風使𢃇"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Nanchang"
      ],
      "word": "見風轉舵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "word": "看風駛船"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "看風使篷"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "看風駛船"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Quanzhou"
      ],
      "word": "看風駛船"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Zhangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "看風駛船"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Zhangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "𠁣𠃛仔直"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Haikou"
      ],
      "word": "望風駛船"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Pinghua",
        "Nanning",
        "Tingzi"
      ],
      "word": "看風使𢃇"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "word": "隨風轉舵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Ningbo"
      ],
      "word": "看風駛船"
    },
    {
      "word": "看風使舵"
    },
    {
      "word": "看風使帆"
    },
    {
      "word": "看風轉舵"
    },
    {
      "word": "看風駛船"
    },
    {
      "word": "見風轉舵"
    },
    {
      "word": "見風使帆"
    },
    {
      "word": "見風轉篷"
    },
    {
      "word": "見風駛船"
    },
    {
      "word": "Guangzhou"
    },
    {
      "word": "趁風使𢃇"
    },
    {
      "word": "見風使𢃇"
    },
    {
      "word": "Hong Kong"
    },
    {
      "word": "看風使𢃇"
    },
    {
      "word": "Nanchang"
    },
    {
      "word": "Meixian"
    },
    {
      "word": "Xiamen"
    },
    {
      "word": "看風使篷"
    },
    {
      "word": "Quanzhou"
    },
    {
      "word": "Zhangzhou"
    },
    {
      "word": "𠁣𠃛仔直"
    },
    {
      "word": "Haikou"
    },
    {
      "word": "望風駛船"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Tingzi"
      ],
      "word": "Nanning"
    },
    {
      "word": "Shanghai"
    },
    {
      "word": "隨風轉舵"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ningbo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "見風使舵"
}

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