無風不起浪

Chinese

		not have	wind; news; style wind; news; style; custom; manner	not; no	to rise; to raise; to get up	wave; breaker; unrestrained wave; breaker; unrestrained; dissipated
trad. (無風不起浪)		無	風	不	起	浪
simp. (无风不起浪)		无	风	不	起	浪
Literally: “There are no waves without wind”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wú fēng bù qǐ làng

(Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄈㄥㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧˇ ㄌㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ fung¹ bat¹ hei² long⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wú fēng bù qǐ làng
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄈㄥㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧˇ ㄌㄤˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wú fong bù cǐ làng
  - Wade–Giles: wu² fêng¹ pu⁴ chʻi³ lang⁴
  - Yale: wú fēng bù chǐ làng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wu feng bu chii lanq
  - Palladius: у фэн бу ци лан (u fɛn bu ci lan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ lɑŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁴ fung¹ bat¹ hei² long⁶
  - Yale: mòuh fūng bāt héi lohng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ fung¹ bat⁷ hei² long⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ fung¹ bed¹ héi² long⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ fʊŋ⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ hei̯³⁵ lɔːŋ²²/

Proverb

無風不起浪

(figurative) No smoke without fire.

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