順風耳

Chinese

		to go with the wind; to follow the direction of the wind; to bid farewell	ear
trad. (順風耳)		順風	耳
simp. (顺风耳)		顺风	耳

Wikipedia has articles on:

• 順風耳 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
• Shunfeng'er (English)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Shùnfēng'ěr

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄣˋ ㄈㄥ ㄦˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seon⁶ fung¹ ji⁵
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): sun-fûng-ngí

  (Hailu, HRS): shun^˖ fung^ˋ ngi^ˊ

• Eastern Min (BUC): sông-hŭng-ngī
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sūn-hong-ní

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sung⁶ huang¹ re²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Shùnfēng'ěr
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄣˋ ㄈㄥ ㄦˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Shùnfong-ěr
    • Wade–Giles: Shun⁴-fêng¹-êrh³
    • Yale: Shwùn-fēng-ěr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shuennfengeel
    • Palladius: Шуньфэнъэр (Šunʹfɛnʺer)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ən⁵¹ fɤŋ⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seon⁶ fung¹ ji⁵
    • Yale: seuhn fūng yíh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soen⁶ fung¹ ji⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: sên⁶ fung¹ yi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵn²² fʊŋ⁵⁵ jiː¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sun-fûng-ngí
    • Hakka Romanization System: sun fung^ˊ ngi^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sun⁴ fung¹ ngi³
    • Sinological IPA: /sun⁵⁵ fuŋ²⁴ ŋi³¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: shun^˖ fung^ˋ ngi^ˊ
    • Sinological IPA: /ʃun³³ fuŋ⁵³ ŋi²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sông-hŭng-ngī
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /suŋ²⁴²⁻²¹ ^(h-)ŋuŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ŋi³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sūn-hong-ní
    • Tâi-lô: sūn-hong-ní
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suxnhongnie
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sun³³⁻²¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ nĩ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sun³³⁻¹¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ nĩ⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sung⁶ huang¹ re²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sŭng huang jṳ́
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /suŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ huaŋ³³⁻²³ d͡zɯ⁵²/

Proper noun

順風耳

1. (religion, mythology) Shunfeng'er, a far-hearing god or benevolent demon usually found as a door god and guardian of Mazu

Synonyms

• 萬里耳 (Wànlǐ'ěr)

Noun

順風耳

1. (figuratively) "Radar-ears": any person with a good sense of hearing

Coordinate terms

• (all): 千里眼 (qiānlǐyǎn)

References

• “順風耳”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
• 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “順風耳”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎ (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
• “Entry #15148”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.
• “順風耳”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.