見風使舵
Chinese
to see; to meet; to appear to see; to meet; to appear; to interview |
wind; news; style wind; news; style; custom; manner |
to make; to cause; to enable to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; messenger |
helm; rudder | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (見風使舵) | 見 | 風 | 使 | 舵 | |
| simp. (见风使舵) | 见 | 风 | 使 | 舵 | |
Pronunciation
Idiom
見風使舵
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 看風使舵 (“to bend with the wind”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 看風使舵, 看風使帆, 看風轉舵, 看風駛船, 見風使舵, 見風轉舵, 見風使帆, 見風轉篷, 見風駛船 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 趁風使𢃇, 見風使𢃇 |
| Hong Kong | 看風使𢃇, 見風使𢃇 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 見風轉舵 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 看風駛船 |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 看風使篷, 看風駛船 |
| Quanzhou | 看風駛船 | |
| Zhangzhou | 看風駛船 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 看風使𢃇 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 隨風轉舵 |
| Ningbo | 看風駛船 | |
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