粵

旋syun4風fung1

simp旋风
syun4 fung1xuàn fēng

English

  1. whirlwind
  2. tornado
  3. whirlwind ----
  4. figuratively, a sudden event

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 天氣現象,由雷雨雲伸展至地面嘅一團漏斗形、快速旋轉嘅空氣
  2. 比喻突發進行嘅活動

Examples

  • 種的是風,而收獲的是旋風。

    Sow the wind, reap the whirlwind.

    Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

  • 嚟香港進行旋風式訪問

    to pay a whirlwind visit to Hong Kong

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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