削髮

Chinese

		to reduce; to pare (away); to cut (down) to reduce; to pare (away); to cut (down); to scrape	hair
trad. (削髮)		削	髮
simp. (削发)		削	发

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuēfà, xuèfǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄝ ㄈㄚˋ, ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄈㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soek³ faat³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuēfà
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝ ㄈㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuefà
    • Wade–Giles: hsüeh¹-fa⁴
    • Yale: sywē-fà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuefah
    • Palladius: сюэфа (sjuefa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛ⁵⁵ fä⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuèfǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄈㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuèfǎ
    • Wade–Giles: hsüeh⁴-fa³
    • Yale: sywè-fǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuehfaa
    • Palladius: сюэфа (sjuefa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soek³ faat³
    • Yale: seuk faat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soek⁸ faat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêg³ fad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːk̚³ faːt̚³/

Verb

削髮

1. (especially of a monk or nun) to shave one's head; to take the tonsure

Derived terms

• 削髮披緇 / 削发披缁
• 削髮為僧 / 削发为僧
• 削髮為尼 / 削发为尼