煙花柳巷

Chinese

		flowers in smoke; gorgeous spring scene	willow	lane; alley
trad. (煙花柳巷)		煙花	柳	巷
simp. (烟花柳巷)		烟花	柳	巷

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yānhuā liǔxiàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄌㄧㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin¹ faa¹ lau⁵ hong⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yānhuā liǔxiàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄌㄧㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yanhua liǒusiàng
    • Wade–Giles: yen¹-hua¹ liu³-hsiang⁴
    • Yale: yān-hwā lyǒu-syàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ianhua leoushianq
    • Palladius: яньхуа люсян (janʹxua ljusjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵ li̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin¹ faa¹ lau⁵ hong⁶
    • Yale: yīn fā láuh hohng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin¹ faa¹ lau⁵ hong⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin¹ fa¹ leo⁵ hong⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn⁵⁵ faː⁵⁵ lɐu̯¹³ hɔːŋ²²/

Noun

煙花柳巷

1. red-light district

Synonyms

• 紅燈區／红灯区 (hóngdēngqū)
• 煙花巷／烟花巷 (yānhuāxiàng)
• 聲色場所／声色场所 (shēngsè chǎngsuǒ)
• 煙花市／烟花市 (yānhuāshì)
• 花街 (huājiē)