紅袖
Chinese
[edit]red; revolutionary; prosperity red; revolutionary; prosperity; bonus; popular |
sleeve | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (紅袖) | 紅 | 袖 | |
| simp. (红袖) | 红 | 袖 | |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄡˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: hóngsiòu
- Wade–Giles: hung2-hsiu4
- Yale: húng-syòu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: horngshiow
- Palladius: хунсю (xunsju)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xʊŋ³⁵ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Middle Chinese: huwng zjuwH
Noun
[edit]紅袖
- (literary) woman's red sleeve
- (literary, metonymically) woman
- 風吹嫩葉滿柔枝，紅袖朝來捋翠蕤。時見綠陰明皓腕，却疑淸露滴燕脂。 [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]
- From: 《三灘集/삼탄집》, 1514
- Pung chwi nunyeop man yu ji, hongsu jo rae ral chwi yu. Si gyeon nogeum myeong ho wan, gak ui cheong ro jeok yeonji. [Sino-Korean]
- The wind blows on the young shoots that fill the tender branches,
The red-sleeved girl comes early morning to pluck the verdant fronds.
Sometimes I see the green leafage and her fair shining wrist,
But I wonder: has the pure dew wet her rouge?