feng shui

[ fuhng shwey, feng shwee ]

1. the Chinese art or practice of creating harmonious surroundings that enhance the balance of yin and yang, as in arranging furniture or determining the siting of a house.

feng shui

/ ˈfʌŋ ˈʃweɪ /

noun

1. the Chinese art of determining the most propitious design and placement of a grave, building, room, etc, so that the maximum harmony is achieved between the flow of chi of the environment and that of the user, believed to bring good fortune

Word History and Origins

Origin of feng shui¹

1795–1800; from Chinese: natural surroundings, literally, “wind and water”

Word History and Origins

Origin of feng shui¹

C20: from Chinese feng wind + shui water

Example Sentences

After several years in the job, perhaps the feng shui warranty has already run out.

From The Daily Beast

Much of the national art of Feng-shui is concerned, under the mask of divination, with these common-sense aims.

From Project Gutenberg

They have to bury folks according to the rules of Feng Shui.

From Project Gutenberg

If Feng Shui should order a burial place in a dooryard it would have to be there.

From Project Gutenberg

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