"見風轉舵" meaning in Chinese

See 見風轉舵 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ fɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu̯ɔ⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /kiːn³³ fʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡syːn³⁵ tʰɔː²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /kiːn³³ fʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡syːn³³ tʰɔː²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /t͡ɕiɛn³⁵ fuŋ⁴² t͡sɵn²¹³⁻²⁴ tʰo¹¹/ [Gan, Nanchang, Sinological-IPA], /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ fɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu̯ɔ⁵¹/, /kiːn³³ fʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡syːn³⁵ tʰɔː²¹/, /kiːn³³ fʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡syːn³³ tʰɔː²¹/, /t͡ɕiɛn³⁵ fuŋ⁴² t͡sɵn²¹³⁻²⁴ tʰo¹¹/ Chinese transliterations: jiànfēngzhuǎnduò [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄈㄥ ㄓㄨㄢˇ ㄉㄨㄛˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], gin³ fung¹ zyun² to⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], gin³ fung¹ zyun³ to⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], jien⁴ fung¹ zon³ to⁵ [Gan, Wiktionary-specific], jiànfēngzhuǎnduò [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], jiànfongjhuǎnduò [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], chien⁴-fêng¹-chuan³-to⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], jyàn-fēng-jwǎn-dwò [Mandarin, Yale], jiannfengjoanduoh [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], цзяньфэнчжуаньдо [Mandarin, Palladius], czjanʹfɛnčžuanʹdo [Mandarin, Palladius], gin fūng jyún tòh [Cantonese, Yale], gin fūng jyun tòh [Cantonese, Yale], gin³ fung¹ dzyn² to⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], gin³ fung¹ dzyn³ to⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], gin³ fung¹ jun² to⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], gin³ fung¹ jun³ to⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], jien⁴ fung¹ zon³ to⁵ [Gan, Nanchang, Wiktionary-specific] Forms: 见风转舵
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 見風轉舵
  1. to bend with the wind; to change one's position, attitude, behaviour, etc. depending on the situation Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-見風轉舵-zh-phrase-x7on38aB Categories (other): Cantonese chengyu, Chinese chengyu, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Gan chengyu, 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], 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]
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "见风转舵",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
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      "expansion": "見風轉舵",
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  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "to see the wind and steer the helm",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cantonese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
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        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to bend with the wind; to change one's position, attitude, behaviour, etc. depending on the situation"
      ],
      "id": "en-見風轉舵-zh-phrase-x7on38aB",
      "links": [
        [
          "bend with the wind",
          "bend with the wind"
        ],
        [
          "change",
          "change"
        ],
        [
          "position",
          "position"
        ],
        [
          "attitude",
          "attitude"
        ],
        [
          "behaviour",
          "behaviour"
        ],
        [
          "situation",
          "situation"
        ]
      ],
      "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": [
            "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"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jiànfēngzhuǎnduò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄈㄥ ㄓㄨㄢˇ ㄉㄨㄛˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gin³ fung¹ zyun² to⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gin³ fung¹ zyun³ to⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jien⁴ fung¹ zon³ to⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jiànfēngzhuǎnduò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jiànfongjhuǎnduò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chien⁴-fêng¹-chuan³-to⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jyàn-fēng-jwǎn-dwò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jiannfengjoanduoh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "цзяньфэнчжуаньдо"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "czjanʹfɛnčžuanʹdo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ fɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu̯ɔ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gin fūng jyún tòh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gin fūng jyun tòh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gin³ fung¹ dzyn² to⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gin³ fung¹ dzyn³ to⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gin³ fung¹ jun² to⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gin³ fung¹ jun³ to⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiːn³³ fʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡syːn³⁵ tʰɔː²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiːn³³ fʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡syːn³³ tʰɔː²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Nanchang",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jien⁴ fung¹ zon³ to⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕiɛn³⁵ fuŋ⁴² t͡sɵn²¹³⁻²⁴ tʰo¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Nanchang",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ fɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu̯ɔ⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiːn³³ fʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡syːn³⁵ tʰɔː²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiːn³³ fʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡syːn³³ tʰɔː²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕiɛn³⁵ fuŋ⁴² t͡sɵn²¹³⁻²⁴ tʰo¹¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "見風轉舵"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "见风转舵",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "見風轉舵",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "to see the wind and steer the helm",
  "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 舵",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 見",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 轉",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 風",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Gan chengyu",
        "Gan idioms",
        "Gan lemmas",
        "Gan terms needing pronunciation attention",
        "Mandarin chengyu",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to bend with the wind; to change one's position, attitude, behaviour, etc. depending on the situation"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bend with the wind",
          "bend with the wind"
        ],
        [
          "change",
          "change"
        ],
        [
          "position",
          "position"
        ],
        [
          "attitude",
          "attitude"
        ],
        [
          "behaviour",
          "behaviour"
        ],
        [
          "situation",
          "situation"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jiànfēngzhuǎnduò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄈㄥ ㄓㄨㄢˇ ㄉㄨㄛˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gin³ fung¹ zyun² to⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gin³ fung¹ zyun³ to⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jien⁴ fung¹ zon³ to⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jiànfēngzhuǎnduò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jiànfongjhuǎnduò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chien⁴-fêng¹-chuan³-to⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jyàn-fēng-jwǎn-dwò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jiannfengjoanduoh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "цзяньфэнчжуаньдо"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "czjanʹfɛnčžuanʹdo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ fɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu̯ɔ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gin fūng jyún tòh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gin fūng jyun tòh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gin³ fung¹ dzyn² to⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gin³ fung¹ dzyn³ to⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gin³ fung¹ jun² to⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gin³ fung¹ jun³ to⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiːn³³ fʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡syːn³⁵ tʰɔː²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiːn³³ fʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡syːn³³ tʰɔː²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Nanchang",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jien⁴ fung¹ zon³ to⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕiɛn³⁵ fuŋ⁴² t͡sɵn²¹³⁻²⁴ tʰo¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Nanchang",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ fɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu̯ɔ⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiːn³³ fʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡syːn³⁵ tʰɔː²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiːn³³ fʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡syːn³³ tʰɔː²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕiɛn³⁵ fuŋ⁴² t͡sɵn²¹³⁻²⁴ tʰo¹¹/"
    }
  ],
  "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": [
        "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": "見風轉舵"
}

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