河東獅吼
Appearance
See also: 河东狮吼
Chinese
[edit]Hedong Commandery | lion | to roar; to shout | ||
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trad. (河東獅吼) | 河東 | 獅 | 吼 | |
simp. (河东狮吼) | 河东 | 狮 | 吼 |
Etymology
[edit]From a line in Su Shi's poem 《寄吳德仁兼簡陳季常》 ("Poem sent for Wu Deren and for Chen Jichang as well"), depicting Chen Zao's overbearing wife, who was originally from the Hedong Commandery (translation from Qiu, 2013[1]):
- 龍丘居士亦可憐,
- Lóngqiū jūshì yì kělián,
Tán kōng shuō yǒu yè bùmián,
Hū wén Hédōng shīzǐ hǒu,
Zhù zhàng luò shǒu xīn mángrán. [Pinyin] - The lay practitioner of Dragon Hill is also pitiful,
he stays up discoursing on emptiness and fullness all night long.
Suddenly he hears a lion’s roar from east-of-the river,
the cane drops from his hand, he is at a loss.
談空說有夜不眠,
忽聞河東獅子吼,
柱杖落手心茫然。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
龙丘居士亦可怜,
谈空说有夜不眠,
忽闻河东狮子吼,
柱杖落手心茫然。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]- Lóngqiū jūshì yì kělián,
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄉㄨㄥ ㄕ ㄏㄡˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: hédongshihhǒu
- Wade–Giles: ho2-tung1-shih1-hou3
- Yale: hé-dūng-shr̄-hǒu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herdongshyhoou
- Palladius: хэдуншихоу (xɛdunšixou)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xɤ³⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ xoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: ho4 dung1 si1 hau3 / ho4 dung1 si1 hau2 / ho4 dung1 si1 haau1
- Yale: hòh dūng sī hau / hòh dūng sī háu / hòh dūng sī hāau
- Cantonese Pinyin: ho4 dung1 si1 hau3 / ho4 dung1 si1 hau2 / ho4 dung1 si1 haau1
- Guangdong Romanization: ho4 dung1 xi1 heo3 / ho4 dung1 xi1 heo2 / ho4 dung1 xi1 hao1
- Sinological IPA (key): /hɔː²¹ tʊŋ⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵ hɐu̯³³/, /hɔː²¹ tʊŋ⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵ hɐu̯³⁵/, /hɔː²¹ tʊŋ⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵ haːu̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
[edit]河東獅吼
- the "lioness's roar", used to describe the loud complaining of an overbearing wife from the perspective of her henpecked husband.
See also
[edit]References
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