微風

See also: 微风

Chinese

		tiny; minute; clandestine tiny; minute; clandestine; hide; elegant; exquisite	wind; news; style wind; news; style; custom; manner
trad. (微風)		微	風
simp. (微风)		微	风

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wēifēng, wéifēng

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟㄈㄥ, ㄨㄟˊ ㄈㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁴ fung¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bî-hong

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wēifēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟㄈㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: weifong
  - Wade–Giles: wei¹-fêng¹
  - Yale: wēi-fēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ueifeng
  - Palladius: вэйфэн (vɛjfɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
    [Show/Hide]
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    ^edit
    威風 / 威风
    微風 / 微风
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wéifēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄈㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wéifong
  - Wade–Giles: wei²-fêng¹
  - Yale: wéi-fēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weifeng
  - Palladius: вэйфэн (vɛjfɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯³⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁴ fung¹
  - Yale: mèih fūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁴ fung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: méi⁴ fung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²¹ fʊŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bî-hong
  - Tâi-lô: bî-hong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bi'hofng
  - IPA (Taipei): /bi²⁴⁻¹¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bi²⁴⁻²² hɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi²³⁻³³ hɔŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

微風

breeze
(meteorology) light wind

Synonyms

和風／和风 (héfēng)
清風／清风 (qīngfēng)
輕風／轻风 (qīngfēng)
(Xuzhou Mandarin) 風絲兒／风丝儿
(Ürümqi Mandarin) 風風子／风风子
(Hakka) 細風／细风
(Huizhou) 風圾／风圾
(Xinzhou Jin) 風孩兒／风孩儿, 風兒子／风儿子
(Leizhou Min, Eastern Min) 風囝／风囝
(Hokkien) 微微仔風／微微仔风, 微微風／微微风, 風絲／风丝

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
微	風
そよ Grade: S	かぜ Grade: 2
irregular	kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
そよ風

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) そよかぜ [sòyóꜜkàzè] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [so̞jo̞ka̠ze̞]

Noun

微(そよ)風(かぜ) • (soyokaze)

(meteorology) a breeze, a gentle to moderate wind
Hypernym: 風 (kaze, “wind”)

Related terms

そよそよ (soyosoyo)
そよ吹(ふ)く (soyofuku)
そよぐ (soyogu)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
微	風
び Grade: S	ふう Grade: 2
kan'on	goon

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) びふう [bìfúú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [bʲiɸɯ̟ː]

Noun

微(び)風(ふう) • (bifū)

(meteorology) a breeze, a gentle to moderate wind
Hypernym: 風 (kaze, “wind”)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“微風”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Korean

Hanja in this term
微	風

Noun

微風 • (mipung) (hangeul 미풍)

hanja form^? of 미풍 (“breeze”)