奼紫嫣紅
Chinese
purple; violet; imperial purple; violet; imperial; palace |
captivating | red; revolutionary; prosperity red; revolutionary; prosperity; bonus; popular | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (奼紫嫣紅/姹紫嫣紅) | 奼/姹 | 紫 | 嫣 | 紅 | |
| simp. (姹紫嫣红) | 姹 | 紫 | 嫣 | 红 | |
Etymology
From The Peony Pavillion, Act 10:
- 原來姹紫嫣紅開遍，似這般都付與斷井頹垣！ [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
- From: 1598, 湯顯祖 (Tang Xianzu),《牡丹亭·驚夢》, translated by Xu Yuanchong & Xu Ming
- Yuánlái chàzǐyānhóng kāi biàn, sì zhèbān dōu fùyǔ duànjǐngtuíyuán! [Pinyin]
- A riot of deep purple and bright red,
What pity on the ruins they overspread!
原来姹紫嫣红开遍，似这般都付与断井颓垣！ [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Pinyin): chàzǐyānhóng
- (Zhuyin): ㄔㄚˋ ㄗˇ ㄧㄢ ㄏㄨㄥˊ
- Cantonese (Jyutping): caa3 zi2 jin1 hung4
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thà-chú-ian-hông
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: chàzǐyānhóng
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄚˋ ㄗˇ ㄧㄢ ㄏㄨㄥˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: chàzǐhyanhóng
- Wade–Giles: chʻa4-tzŭ3-yen1-hung2
- Yale: chà-dž-yān-húng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chahtzyyianhorng
- Palladius: чацзыяньхун (čaczyjanʹxun)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛn⁵⁵ xʊŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: caa3 zi2 jin1 hung4
- Yale: cha jí yīn hùhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsaa3 dzi2 jin1 hung4
- Guangdong Romanization: ca3 ji2 yin1 hung4
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰaː³³ t͡siː³⁵ jiːn⁵⁵ hʊŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thà-chú-ian-hông
- Tâi-lô: thà-tsú-ian-hông
- Phofsit Daibuun: tarzwienhoong
- IPA (Xiamen): /tʰa²¹⁻⁵³ t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɛn⁴⁴⁻²² hɔŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
Idiom
奼紫嫣紅