晴天霹靂

Chinese

		sunny day; clear weather; fine weather	thunderbolt; thunderclap; Perak
trad. (晴天霹靂)		晴天	霹靂
simp. (晴天霹雳)		晴天	霹雳
variant forms		青天霹靂／青天霹雳

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qíngtiānpīlì

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄊㄧㄢㄆㄧㄌㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cing⁴ tin¹ pik¹ lik¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: qíngtiānpīlì
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄊㄧㄢㄆㄧㄌㄧˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyngtianpilih
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ pʰi⁵⁵ li⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: cing⁴ tin¹ pik¹ lik¹
  - Yale: chìhng tīn pīk līk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsing⁴ tin¹ pik⁷ lik⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: qing⁴ tin¹ pig¹ lig¹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ²¹ tʰiːn⁵⁵ pʰɪk̚⁵ lɪk̚⁵/

Idiom

晴天霹靂

bolt from the blue; sudden and unexpected bad news

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