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): wúfēngbùqǐlàng

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: wúfēngbùqǐlàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄈㄥㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧˇ ㄌㄤˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wufengbuchiilanq
  - IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ lɑŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - 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
  - IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ fʊŋ⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ hei̯³⁵ lɔːŋ²²/

Idiom

無風不起浪

there's no smoke without fire

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