氣象萬千

Chinese

		meteorological phenomena; meteorology	many; numerous; multitudinous many; numerous; multitudinous; multifarious
trad. (氣象萬千)		氣象	萬千
simp. (气象万千)		气象	万千

Etymology

From Yueyang Lou Ji by 范仲淹 (Fan Zhongyan):

朝暉夕陰，氣象萬千。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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朝晖夕阴，气象万千。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: 1046, 范仲淹 (Fan Zhongyan), 《岳陽樓記》

Zhāo huī xī yīn, qìxiàngwànqiān. [Pinyin]

It is brilliant in the early morning and gloomy at nightfall, or vice versa; the scenery is ever-changing.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qìxiàngwànqiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄨㄢˋ ㄑㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei³ zoeng⁶ maan⁶ cin¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qìxiàngwànqiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄨㄢˋ ㄑㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cìsiàngwàncian
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi⁴-hsiang⁴-wan⁴-chʻien¹
    • Yale: chì-syàng-wàn-chyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chihshianqwannchian
    • Palladius: цисянваньцянь (cisjanvanʹcjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ wän⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei³ zoeng⁶ maan⁶ cin¹
    • Yale: hei jeuhng maahn chīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei³ dzoeng⁶ maan⁶ tsin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi³ zêng⁶ man⁶ qin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³³ t͡sœːŋ²² maːn²² t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵/

Idiom

氣象萬千

1. ever-changing and magnificent scene