花街柳巷

Chinese

		flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern	street	willow	lane; alley
trad. (花街柳巷)		花	街	柳	巷
simp. #(花街柳巷)		花	街	柳	巷

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huājiēliǔxiàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚ ㄐㄧㄝ ㄌㄧㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄤˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huājiēliǔxiàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚ ㄐㄧㄝ ㄌㄧㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huajieliǒusiàng
    • Wade–Giles: hua¹-chieh¹-liu³-hsiang⁴
    • Yale: hwā-jyē-lyǒu-syàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huajieleoushianq
    • Palladius: хуацзелюсян (xuaczeljusjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵ li̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/

Idiom

花街柳巷

1. a part of town where brothels are mainly located; red-light district

Synonyms

• 花街柳陌