雨後春筍

雨後春筍

Chinese

		rain	back; behind; rear back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later
trad. (雨後春筍)		雨	後	春筍
simp. (雨后春笋)		雨	后	春笋
Literally: “spring bamboo after the rain”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǔhòuchūnsǔn

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˇ ㄏㄡˋ ㄔㄨㄣ ㄙㄨㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁵ hau⁶ ceon¹ seon²
• Min Nan (POJ): ú-āu-chhun-sún

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yǔhòuchūnsǔn
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˇ ㄏㄡˋ ㄔㄨㄣ ㄙㄨㄣˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeuhowchuensoen
    • IPA ^(key): /y²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ xoʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵ su̯ən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁵ hau⁶ ceon¹ seon²
    • Yale: yúh hauh chēun séun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁵ hau⁶ tsoen¹ soen²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁵ heo⁶ cên¹ sên²
    • IPA ^(key): /jyː¹³ hɐu̯²² t͡ʃʰɵn⁵⁵ sɵn³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ú-āu-chhun-sún
    • Tâi-lô: ú-āu-tshun-sún
    • Phofsit Daibuun: wauxzhunsuon
    • IPA (Xiamen): /u⁵³⁻⁴⁴ aʊ²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻²² sun⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /u⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ aʊ⁴¹⁻²² t͡sʰun³³ sun⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /u⁵³⁻⁴⁴ aʊ²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻²² sun⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /u⁵³⁻⁴⁴ aʊ³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ sun⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /u⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ aʊ³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ sun⁴¹/

Idiom

雨後春筍

1. (figuratively) many things coming into being in rapid succession (after a certain timepoint)