風馳電掣

Chinese

			electrical switch; fast as lightning
trad. (風馳電掣)		風馳	電掣
simp. (风驰电掣)		风驰	电掣

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēngchídiànchè

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄥ ㄔˊ ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄔㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fung¹ ci⁴ din⁶ zai³, fung¹ ci⁴ din⁶ cit³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēngchídiànchè
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄥ ㄔˊ ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄔㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fongchíhdiànchè
    • Wade–Giles: fêng¹-chʻih²-tien⁴-chʻê⁴
    • Yale: fēng-chŕ-dyàn-chè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fengchyrdianncheh
    • Palladius: фэнчидяньчэ (fɛnčidjanʹčɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵ ti̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fung¹ ci⁴ din⁶ zai³, fung¹ ci⁴ din⁶ cit³
    • Yale: fūng chìh dihn jai, fūng chìh dihn chit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fung¹ tsi⁴ din⁶ dzai³, fung¹ tsi⁴ din⁶ tsit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: fung¹ qi⁴ din⁶ zei³, fung¹ qi⁴ din⁶ qid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰiː²¹ tiːn²² t͡sɐi̯³³/, /fʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰiː²¹ tiːn²² t͡sʰiːt̚³/

Idiom

風馳電掣

1. very swift; on the wings of the wind; at lightning speed