橫空出世

Chinese

		to arch across the sky; to fill the atmosphere; to be covering the sky	to come into the world; to be born; to be introduced to the world to come into the world; to be born; to be introduced to the world; to come out; to be published
trad. (橫空出世)		橫空	出世
simp. (横空出世)		横空	出世

Etymology

From the 1935 poem 《念奴嬌·崑崙》 by Mao Zedong.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): héngkōngchūshì

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄥˊ ㄎㄨㄥㄔㄨㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): waang⁴ hung¹ ceot¹ sai³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: héngkōngchūshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄥˊ ㄎㄨㄥㄔㄨㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: héngkongchushìh
  - Wade–Giles: hêng²-kʻung¹-chʻu¹-shih⁴
  - Yale: héng-kūng-chū-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herngkongchushyh
  - Palladius: хэнкунчуши (xɛnkunčuši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤŋ³⁵ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: waang⁴ hung¹ ceot¹ sai³
  - Yale: wàahng hūng chēut sai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: waang⁴ hung¹ tsoet⁷ sai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: wang⁴ hung¹ cêd¹ sei³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːŋ²¹ hʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɵt̚⁵ sɐi̯³³/

Idiom

橫空出世

to appear suddenly; to be spectacular

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