風水

See also: 风水

Chinese

	wind; news; style wind; news; style; custom; manner	water; river
trad. (風水)	風	水
simp. (风水)	风	水
Literally: “wind and water”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): fēngshuǐ, fēngshui
(Zhuyin): ㄈㄥㄕㄨㄟˇ, ㄈㄥ ˙ㄕㄨㄟ
(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): фынфи (fɨnfi, I-II)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): fung¹ seoi²
(Taishan, Wiktionary): fuung¹ sui²
Gan (Wiktionary): fung¹ sui
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fûng-súi
Jin (Wiktionary): feng¹ sui²
Min Dong (BUC): hŭng-cūi
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): hong-súi
(Teochew, Peng'im): huang¹ zui²
Wu (Wiktionary): fon sr (T1)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fēngshuǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄥㄕㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fongshuěi
  - Wade–Giles: fêng¹-shui³
  - Yale: fēng-shwěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fengshoei
  - Palladius: фэншуй (fɛnšuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ⁵⁵ ʂweɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fēngshui
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄥ ˙ㄕㄨㄟ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fongshue̊i
  - Wade–Giles: fêng¹-shui⁵
  - Yale: fēng-shwei
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feng.shuei
  - Palladius: фэншуй (fɛnšuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ⁵⁵ ʂweɪ̯²/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: фынфи (fɨnfi, I-II)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fəŋ²⁴ fi⁵¹/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: fung¹ seoi²
  - Yale: fūng séui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fung¹ soey²
  - Guangdong Romanization: fung¹ sêu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊŋ⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: fuung¹ sui²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɵŋ³³ sui⁵⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: fung¹ sui
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuŋ⁴² sui²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fûng-súi
  - Hakka Romanization System: fung´ sui`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fung¹ sui³
  - Sinological IPA: /fuŋ²⁴ su̯i³¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: feng¹ sui²
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /fə̃ŋ¹¹ suei⁵³/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: hŭng-cūi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /huŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(t͡s-)ʒui³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hong-súi
  - Tâi-lô: hong-suí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hongsuie
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sui⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ³³ sui⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Singapore): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sui⁴²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: huang¹ zui²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huang tsúi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /huaŋ³³⁻²³ t͡sui⁵²/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: fon sr (T1)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊŋ⁵⁵ sz̩²¹/

Middle Chinese: /pɨuŋ ɕˠiuɪ^X/

Rime
Character	風	水
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	東 (2)	脂 (18)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	方戎切	式軌切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pɨuŋ/	/ɕˠiuɪ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/piuŋ/	/ɕʷᵚi^X/
Shao Rongfen	/piuŋ/	/ɕiuɪ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/puwŋ/	/ɕjwi^X/
Li Rong	/piuŋ/	/ɕjui^X/
Wang Li	/pĭuŋ/	/ɕwi^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/pi̯uŋ/	/ɕwi^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fēng	shuǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fung¹	seoi²

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*prəm s.turʔ/
(Zhengzhang): /*plum qʰʷljilʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	風	水
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	fēng	shuǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ pjuwng ›	‹ sywij^X ›
Old Chinese	/*prəm/	/s.turʔ/ (E dialect: -r > *-j)
English	wind (n.)	water; river
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	風	水
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	2921	11948
Phonetic component	凡	水
Rime group	侵	脂
Rime subdivision	3	2
Corresponding MC rime	風	水
Old Chinese	/*plum/	/*qʰʷljilʔ/

Noun

風水

(literally) wind and water; wind and rain
feng shui (a Chinese system of geomancy)
(Hakka, Min Nan) tomb
(Zhejiang Wu) typhoon

Synonyms

(wind and rain): 風雨／风雨 (fēngyǔ)
(feng shui): 地理 (dìlǐ)
(tomb):

Dialectal synonyms of 墳 (“grave”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		墳墓, 墳
Mandarin	Beijing	墳
	Harbin	墳
	Yantai (Muping)	墳
	Jinan	墳
	Luoyang	墳, 墳地, 塋地, 墳墓
	Wanrong	墳, 墓
	Xi'an	墳, 墓
	Yinchuan	墳塋
	Ürümqi	墳
	Wuhan	墳
	Chengdu	墳, 墳墓
	Chongqing	墳, 墳墓
	Guiyang	墳, 墳墓 large
	Guilin	墳
	Liuzhou	墳, 山
	Xuzhou	墳墓, 墳
	Yangzhou	墳, 墳攤, 墳攤堆子
	Nanjing	墳
	Hefei	墳堰
	Changle (Qinjiang)	墳
	Singapore	墓, 墳墓
	Dagudi (Maliba)	墳堆
	Reshuitang (Longling)	墳堆
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	墳堆
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	墳
Cantonese	Guangzhou	山墳, 山, 墳
	Hong Kong	山墳, 墳, 墓, 墳墓
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	墳頭
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	墳頭
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	墳頭
	Macau	墳墓
	Taishan (Guanghai)	墳墓
	Dongguan	墓
	Yangjiang	山, 墳山
	Maoming (Xinpo)	墳山
	Nanning	墳山
	Wuzhou	墳山
	Yulin	墳山
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	墳山, 山
	Hepu (Shatian)	山
	Beihai	墳, 山
	Beihai (Nankang)	墳
	Beihai (Yingpan)	山, 墳山
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	墳墓, 墳頭, 墳山
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	墳墓, 墳山
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	墳墓
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	山墳, 義山
	Singapore (Guangfu)	墳墓
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	山墳
	Móng Cái	墳墓
	Mandalay (Taishan)	墳山, 墳墓
Gan	Nanchang	墳
Gan	Lichuan	墳, 墳塋 large
Hakka	Meixian	地, 墓
	Xingning	泥壠 first burial, 地 second burial
	Huidong (Daling)	地
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	墳頭
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	地, 地墳
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	地
	Wengyuan	地墳
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	地
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	地 second burial
	Liannan	墳
	Jiexi	地
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	地
	Changting	地
	Wuping	地
	Wuping (Yanqian)	地, 死佬
	Wuping (Pingyu)	地
	Liancheng	地
	Ninghua	地
	Yudu	地
	Ruijin	地, 風水
	Shicheng	地
	Shangyou (Shexi)	地
	Tonggu (Sandu)	墳, 地
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	地
	Dayu	地
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	風水
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	風水
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	風水
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	風水
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	風水
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	地, 風水
	Hong Kong	墳頭
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	山
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	山, 山頭
	Xinyi (Sihe)	山地
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	墳山
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	墳地
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	墳山
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	墳地
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	墳, 墳地
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	墳, 地 without a body buried
	Mengshan (Xihe)	墳地
	Luchuan	山
	Senai (Huiyang)	墳, 風水, 義山
	Senai (Hepo)	墳墓, 地 dated
	Singkawang	地, 地門堂
	Pontianak (Meixian)	地
Jin	Taiyuan	墳, 墓
Min Bei	Jian'ou	塚
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	塚
	Songxi	塚
	Zhenghe	塚
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	塚
	Jianyang	塚
	Wuyishan	塚
	Pucheng (Shibei)	塚
Min Dong	Fuzhou	墓
	Changle	墓
	Lianjiang	墓
	Fuqing	墓
	Pingtan	墓
	Yongtai	墓
	Minqing	墓
	Gutian	地, 墓
	Pingnan	墓
	Luoyuan	墓
	Fu'an	墓
	Ningde	墓
	Xiapu	墓
	Zherong	墓
	Shouning	墓
	Zhouning	墓
	Fuding	墓
Min Nan	Xiamen	墓, 墓仔, 風水
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	墓
	Quanzhou	墓, 風水
	Jinjiang	墓
	Nan'an	墓
	Shishi	墓
	Hui'an	墓
	Anxi	墓
	Yongchun	墓
	Dehua	墓
	Zhangzhou	墓, 墓仔, 風水
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	墓
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	墓
	Hua'an	墓
	Nanjing	墓
	Pinghe	墓仔
	Zhangpu	墓
	Yunxiao	墓
	Zhao'an	墓
	Dongshan	墓
	Tainan	墓, 風水
	Kinmen	墓
	Penang (Hokkien)	墓
	Singapore (Hokkien)	墓, 墓地, 公司山 dated
	Manila (Hokkien)	墓, 風水
	Longyan	墓
	Zhangping	墓
	Datian	墓
	Chaozhou	墳
	Lufeng	風水
	Haifeng	風水
	Bangkok (Teochew)	墳, 義山
	Chiang Mai (Teochew)	墳
	Hat Yai (Teochew)	墳
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	墳, 義山
	Singapore (Teochew)	墳
	Leizhou	墓
	Haikou	墓
Puxian Min	Putian	墓
Puxian Min	Xianyou	墓
Min Zhong	Yong'an	墳
	Sanyuan	墳
	Shaxian	墳
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	墳墓, 山
Shehua	Fu'an	墓
	Fuding	墓
	Luoyuan	墳
	Sanming	墳
	Shunchang	墳
	Hua'an	墳
	Guixi (Zhangping)	墳
	Cangnan	墳
	Jingning	墳
	Lishui	墳
	Longyou	墳
	Chaozhou	墳
	Fengshun	墳
Wu	Shanghai	墳, 墳墓, 墓
	Shanghai (Chongming)	墳
	Suzhou	墳
	Danyang	墳墓
	Hangzhou	墳
	Ningbo	墳, 墓
	Wenzhou	墳
	Yiwu	墳頭
Xiang	Changsha	墳
	Loudi	墳, 墓
	Shuangfeng	墳, 墓
	Jiangyong	祖

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墓葬 (mùzàng)
宅兆 (zháizhào) (literary)
墳／坟 (fén)
墳包／坟包 (Sichuanese)

墳塚／坟冢 (fénzhǒng) (literary)
墳墓／坟墓 (fénmù)
風水 (Hakka, Min Nan)

(typhoon):

Dialectal synonyms of 颱風 (“typhoon”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		颶, 颶風
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		颱風
Mandarin	Beijing	颱風
	Taiwan	颱風
	Harbin	颱風
	Yantai (Muping)	颱風
	Jinan	颱風
	Lanzhou	颱風
	Ürümqi	颱風
	Wuhan	颱風
	Chengdu	颱風
	Guilin	颱風
	Guilin (Lingui)	颱風
	Liuzhou	颱風
	Liuzhou (Luorong)	颱風
	Xuzhou	颱風
	Yangzhou	颱風
	Nanjing	颱風
	Qimen (Anling Junhua)	颱風
	Yanping	風颱
	Malaysia	颱風
	Singapore	颱風
	Dagudi (Maliba)	颱風
	Reshuitang (Longling)	颱風
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	颱風
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	颱風
Cantonese	Guangzhou	颱風, 風嚿 dated
	Hong Kong	颱風
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	大風
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	風暴
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	大風, 風搓
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	風搓
	Macau	颱風
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	颱風
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	颱風
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	颱風
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	蛟仔過天
	Foshan	颱風
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	颱風
	Foshan (Shunde)	颱風
	Foshan (Sanshui)	颱風
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	風颶
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	風颱
	Zhongshan (Chongkoumen Tanka)	風嚿
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	風颱
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	颱風
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	颱風
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	風姑
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	颱風
	Taishan	颱風
	Kaiping (Chikan)	颱風
	Enping (Niujiang)	颱風
	Heshan (Yayao)	颱風
	Dongguan	颱風
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	颱風
	Nanning	颱風
	Guiping	颱風
	Guiping (Jintian)	颱風
	Guiping (Jiangkou)	颱風
	Guiping (Madong)	颱風
	Pingnan (Danzhu)	颱風
	Mengshan (Xihe)	颱風
	Guigang (Nanjiang)	颱風
	Beiliu (Tangliao)	颱風
	Baise	颱風
	Bobai	颱風
	Lingshan	颱風
	Pubei	颱風
	Qinzhou	颱風
	Beihai	颱風
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	期風
	Ningming	颱風
	Hengxian	颱風
	Lingchuan (Yangjia)	颱風
	Sanya (Yanglan Maihua)	颱風
	Penang (Guangfu)	颱風
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	颱風
	Móng Cái	颱風
Gan	Nanchang	颱風, 颶風 dated
	Pengze	颱風
	Lichuan	颱風
	Pingxiang	颱風
Hakka	Meixian	颱風, 風搓
	Xingning	颱風
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	風颱
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	颱風
	Longmen (Luxi Bendihua)	颱風
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	風搓
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	風颱
	Nanxiong (Zhuji)	颱風
	Conghua (Lütian)	颱風
	Jiexi	風搓
	Luhe	風搓
	Liancheng (Peitian)	颱風
	Yudu	㾭螺風
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	風搓
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	風搓
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	風搓
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	風搓
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	風搓, 颱風
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	颱風, 大風
	Hong Kong	風搓
	Bobai (Shahe)	颱風
	Bobai (Lingping)	颱風, 龍捲風
	Beiliu (Tang'an)	颱風
	Beiliu (Gonghe)	颱風
	Xingye (Gaofeng)	颱風
	Mashan (Pianlian)	颱風
	Guilin (Xiaojiang, Lingui)	颱風
	Guidong	颱風
	Sabah (Longchuan)	暴風
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	颱風
Huizhou	Jixi	颱風
Huizhou	Qimen (Anling Minhua)	颱風
Jin	Taiyuan	颱風
Jin	Xinzhou	颱風
Min Bei	Jian'ou	風颱
	Jianyang	颱風
	Pucheng (Shibei)	颱風
Min Dong	Fuzhou	風颱
	Changle	風颱
	Fuqing	風颱, 風災
	Yongtai	風颱
	Gutian	風颱
	Pingnan	風颱
	Fu'an	風颱
	Ningde	風颱
	Xiapu	風颱
	Zherong	風颱
	Shouning	風颱, 颱風
	Zhouning	風颱
	Fuding	風颱
	Matsu	風颱
Min Nan	Xiamen	風颱
	Quanzhou	風颱
	Jinjiang	風颱
	Anxi	颱風, 風颱
	Zhangzhou	風颱
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	風颱
	Zhangpu	風颱
	Taipei	風颱
	Kaohsiung	風颱
	Yilan	風颱
	Changhua (Lukang)	風颱
	Taichung	風颱
	Taichung (Wuqi)	風颱
	Tainan	風颱
	Taitung	風颱
	Hsinchu	風颱
	Penghu (Magong)	風颱
	Penang (Hokkien)	風颱
	Singapore (Hokkien)	風颱
	Manila (Hokkien)	風颱
	Datian	颱風
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	颱風
	Pingnan (Sijie)	颱風
	Guiping (Xiaowen)	颱風
	Guiping (Dongsheng)	颱風
	Pingle (Zhoutang)	颱風
	Lechang (Tatou)	颱風
	Renhua (Changshabei)	颱風
	Yingde (Yuzui)	風颱
	Yunan (Liantan)	風颱
	Yuhuan (Kanmen)	風颱
	Chaozhou	風颱
	Shantou	風颱
	Shantou (Chenghai)	風颱
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	風颱
	Jieyang	風颱
	Puning	風颱
	Lufeng	風颱
	Haifeng	風颱
	Bangkok (Teochew)	颱風, 風颱
	Chiang Mai (Teochew)	風颱
	Hat Yai (Teochew)	風颱
	Singapore (Teochew)	風颱
	Pontianak (Teochew)	風颱
	Leizhou	風颱
	Wenchang	風颱
	Haikou	風颱
	Qionghai	風颱
Puxian Min	Putian	風颱
	Putian (Donghai)	風颱, 颱風
	Putian (Jiangkou)	風颱
	Putian (Nanri)	颱風
	Xianyou	颱風
	Xianyou (Fengting)	風颱
	Xianyou (Youyang)	大風
Min Zhong	Yong'an	風颱
Min Zhong	Yanping (Wangtai)	颱風
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	風颱
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	風颱
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	颱風
	Nanning (Shajing)	颱風
	Binyang (Xinqiao)	颱風
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Chaoyang)	颱風
	Guilin (Zhuyuan)	颱風
	Guilin (Liutang, Lingui)	颱風
	Lingchuan (Sanjie)	颱風
	Lingchuan (Gaoqiao)	颱風
	Lingchuan (Tanxia)	颱風
	Lingchuan (Shuangzhou)	颱風
	Yangshuo (Jima)	颱風
Wu	Shanghai	颱風, 風潮 dated
	Shanghai (Chongming)	颱風
	Suzhou	颱風
	Suzhou (Wujiang)	颱風
	Danyang	颱風, 悶子風
	Hangzhou	颱風
	Hangzhou (Fuyang)	龍風
	Ningbo	風水, 颱風, 風颱 dated
	Taizhou	風颸
	Yuhuan (Damaiyu)	風颸
	Yuhuan (Chumen)	颱風
	Wenzhou	風颸, 風水
	Jinhua	颱風
Xiang	Changsha	颱風
	Xiangxiang (Meiqiao)	颱風
	Quanzhou	颱風
	Guanyang (Wenshi)	颱風
	Qinglong (Changliu Laba Miao)	颱風

Derived terms

一命二運三風水／一命二运三风水 (yī mìng èr yùn sān fēngshuǐ)
三十年風水輪流轉／三十年风水轮流转
巡風水／巡风水
風水佬／风水佬

風水先／风水先
風水先生／风水先生 (fēngshuǐ xiānshēng)
風水師／风水师 (fēngshuǐ shī)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (風水):

→ Japanese: 風(ふう)水(すい) (fūsui)
→ Korean: 풍수(風水) (pungsu)
→ Vietnamese: phong thuỷ (風水)

Others:

→ English: feng shui
→ Indonesian: fengsui (formal, via Mandarin), hongsui (informal, via Min Nan)
→ Thai: ฮวงจุ้ย (huuang-jûi) (via Teochew)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
風	水
ふう Grade: 2	すい Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

From Chinese 風水.

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Goon

(Tokyo) ふうすい [fùúsúí] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝːsɨᵝi]

Noun

風(ふう)水(すい) • (fūsui)

(literally) wind and water
feng shui

Korean

Hanja in this term
風	水

Noun

風水 • (pungsu) (hangeul 풍수)

Hanja form^? of 풍수 (“feng shui”).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
風	水

Noun

風水

chữ Hán form of phong thuỷ (“feng shui”).