斷袖

Chinese

		to break; to judge; absolutely to break; to judge; absolutely; decidedly	sleeve
trad. (斷袖)		斷	袖
simp. (断袖)		断	袖
Literally: “cut sleeve”.

Etymology

From the story of Emperor Ai of Han with his official Dong Xian.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): duànxiù

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dyun⁶ zau⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: duànxiù
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: duànsiòu
  - Wade–Giles: tuan⁴-hsiu⁴
  - Yale: dwàn-syòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duannshiow
  - Palladius: дуаньсю (duanʹsju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯än⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dyun⁶ zau⁶
  - Yale: dyuhn jauh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dyn⁶ dzau⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: dün⁶ zeo⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tyːn²² t͡sɐu̯²²/

Middle Chinese: twanX|dwanX zjuwH

Rime
Character	斷	斷	袖
Reading #	1/3	2/3	1/1
Initial (聲)	端 (5)	定 (7)	邪 (17)
Final (韻)	桓 (62)	桓 (62)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	I	III
Fanqie	都管切	徒管切	似祐切
Baxter	twanX	dwanX	zjuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tuɑn^X/	/duɑn^X/	/zɨu^H/
Pan Wuyun	/tʷɑn^X/	/dʷɑn^X/	/ziu^H/
Shao Rongfen	/tuɑn^X/	/duɑn^X/	/ziəu^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/twan^X/	/dwan^X/	/zuw^H/
Li Rong	/tuɑn^X/	/duɑn^X/	/ziu^H/
Wang Li	/tuɑn^X/	/duɑn^X/	/zĭəu^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tuɑn^X/	/dʱuɑn^X/	/zi̯ə̯u^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	duǎn	duàn	xiù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dyun²	dyun⁶	zau⁶

Noun

斷袖

(figurative) male homosexuality
(figurative) male homosexual; gay

Synonyms

(male homosexual) 男同性戀／男同性恋 (nántóngxìngliàn), 男同 (nántóng); (figurative) 斷袖／断袖 (duànxiù); (Wu) 後蓋／后盖 (hòugài)

Derived terms

斷袖之契 / 断袖之契
斷袖之好 / 断袖之好
斷袖之寵 / 断袖之宠
斷袖之癖 / 断袖之癖 (duànxiùzhīpǐ)
斷袖分桃 / 断袖分桃 (duànxiù fēntáo)
斷袖癖 / 断袖癖
斷袖餘桃 / 断袖余桃 (duànxiùyútáo)
餘桃斷袖 / 余桃断袖

See also

斷臂／断臂 (duànbì)