紅事

Chinese

		red; revolutionary; prosperity red; revolutionary; prosperity; bonus; popular	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
trad. (紅事)		紅	事
simp. (红事)		红	事

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hóngshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung⁴ si⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hóngshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hóngshìh
    • Wade–Giles: hung²-shih⁴
    • Yale: húng-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: horngshyh
    • Palladius: хунши (xunši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hung⁴ si⁶
    • Yale: hùhng sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung⁴ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung⁴ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ²¹ siː²²/

Noun

紅事

1. marriage; matrimony
2. wedding

Synonyms

• (marriage):

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• 婚事 (hūnshì)
• 婚姻 (hūnyīn)
• 親事／亲事 (qīnshì)
• 親情／亲情 (Hokkien, Teochew)

 

• (wedding):

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• 吉禮／吉礼 (jílǐ) (literary)
• 喜事 (xǐshì)
• 婚事 (hūnshì)
• 婚禮／婚礼 (hūnlǐ)
• 親事／亲事 (qīnshì)
• 親情／亲情 (Hokkien, Teochew)

 

See also

• 白事 (báishì)