紅顏薄命

Chinese

		pretty face; rosy complexion; beautiful woman	born under an unlucky star; born unlucky; ill-fated
trad. (紅顏薄命)		紅顏	薄命
simp. (红颜薄命)		红颜	薄命

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hóngyánbómìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄛˊ ㄇㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung⁴ ngaan⁴ bok⁶ ming⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hóngyánbómìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄛˊ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hóngyánbómìng
    • Wade–Giles: hung²-yen²-po²-ming⁴
    • Yale: húng-yán-bwó-mìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: horngyanborminq
    • Palladius: хунъяньбомин (xunʺjanʹbomin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ³⁵ jɛn³⁵ pu̯ɔ³⁵ miŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hung⁴ ngaan⁴ bok⁶ ming⁶
    • Yale: hùhng ngàahn bohk mihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung⁴ ngaan⁴ bok⁹ ming⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung⁴ ngan⁴ bog⁶ ming⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ²¹ ŋaːn²¹ pɔːk̚² mɪŋ²²/

Idiom

紅顏薄命

1. beautiful women often suffer unhappy fates

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (紅顏薄命):

• → Vietnamese: hồng nhan bạc mệnh (紅顏薄命)

See also

• 自古紅顏多薄命／自古红颜多薄命 (zìgǔ hóngyán duō bómìng)