禍福

禍福

Chinese

		disaster	good fortune; happiness; luck good fortune; happiness; luck; Fujian province (abbrev); surname
trad. (禍福)		禍	福
simp. (祸福)		祸	福

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huòfú

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄈㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wo⁶ fuk¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: huòfú
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄈㄨˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huohfwu
    • IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ⁵¹ fu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: wo⁶ fuk¹
    • Yale: woh fūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wo⁶ fuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: wo⁶ fug¹
    • IPA ^(key): /wɔː²² fʊk̚⁵/

Noun

禍福

1. good fortune and misfortune; good times and hard times; happiness and suffering

   • 禍福倚伏，何常之有？豈失一死，何遽如是也！ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     祸福倚伏，何常之有？岂失一死，何遽如是也！ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Taiping Yulan (Readings of the Taiping Era), 977 – 983 CE

     Huòfú yǐfú, hé cháng zhī yǒu? Qǐ shī yī sǐ, hé jù rúshì yě! [Pinyin]

     There is no set pattern to bad and good fortune. Since we will all die one day anyway, why hasten death?

Derived terms

人有旦夕禍福／人有旦夕祸福 旦夕禍福／旦夕祸福 禍福倚伏／祸福倚伏 禍福同門／祸福同门 禍福惟人／祸福惟人 禍福有命／祸福有命 禍福無偏／祸福无偏

禍福無常／祸福无常 禍福無門／祸福无门 禍福由人／祸福由人 禍福相倚／祸福相倚 禍福相生／祸福相生 禍福與共／祸福与共 禍福靡常／祸福靡常