烏紗帽

Chinese

		black yarn	hat; cap
trad. (烏紗帽)		烏紗	帽
simp. (乌纱帽)		乌纱	帽

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wūshāmào

  (Zhuyin): ㄨ ㄕㄚ ㄇㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wu¹ saa¹ mou^6-2
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): o͘-se-bō

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wūshāmào
    • Zhuyin: ㄨ ㄕㄚ ㄇㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wushamào
    • Wade–Giles: wu¹-sha¹-mao⁴
    • Yale: wū-shā-màu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ushamaw
    • Palladius: ушамао (ušamao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁵ ʂä⁵⁵ mɑʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wūshāmàor
    • Zhuyin: ㄨ ㄕㄚ ㄇㄠˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wushamàor
    • Wade–Giles: wu¹-sha¹-mao⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: wū-shā-màur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ushamawl
    • Palladius: ушамаор (ušamaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁵ ʂä⁵⁵ maʊ̯ɻʷ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wu¹ saa¹ mou^6-2
    • Yale: wū sā móu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wu¹ saa¹ mou^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: wu¹ sa¹ mou^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː⁵⁵ saː⁵⁵ mou̯²²⁻³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o͘-se-bō
    • Tâi-lô: oo-se-bō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ose'boi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² se⁴⁴⁻²² bo²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔ³³ se³³ bo⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² se⁴⁴⁻²² bo²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ se⁴⁴⁻³³ bo³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ se⁴⁴⁻³³ bɤ³³/

Noun

烏紗帽

1. (historical) black hat worn by officials in imperial China
2. (figurative) official post; official position

   烏紗帽不保／乌纱帽不保  ―  wūshāmào bù bǎo  ―  (of an official) cannot keep one's job (literally, “cannot keep one's official hat”)

   丟了烏紗帽／丢了乌纱帽  ―  diū le wūshāmào  ―  (of an official) to lose one's job (literally, “to lose one's official hat”)

Synonyms

• (black hat): 紗帽／纱帽 (shāmào), 烏紗／乌纱 (wūshā)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (烏紗帽):

• → Korean: 오사모(烏紗帽) (osamo)