西施

Chinese

		west	distribute (alms); to do; to execute distribute (alms); to do; to execute; to carry out
trad. (西施)		西	施
simp. #(西施)		西	施

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīshī

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄕ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ si¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Se-si / Sai-si

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīshī
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄕ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sishih
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-shih¹
    • Yale: syī-shr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shishy
    • Palladius: сиши (siši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai¹ si¹
    • Yale: sāi sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ xi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Se-si
    • Tâi-lô: Se-si
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sesy
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ si⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sai-si
    • Tâi-lô: Sai-si
    • Phofsit Daibuun: saisy
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /sai⁴⁴⁻³³ si⁴⁴/

Proper noun

西施

1. Xi Shi

Synonyms

• 西子 (Xīzǐ)

Noun

西施

1. (figurative) beautiful woman
2. (figurative, literary) fallen flower

Derived terms

• 唐突西施
• 情人眼裡出西施 / 情人眼里出西施 (qíngrén yǎnlǐ chū Xīshī)
• 檳榔西施 / 槟榔西施 (bīngláng xīshī)
• 病西施 (bìng Xīshī)
• 西施捧心
• 西施犬 (xīshīquǎn)
• 西施舌 (Xīshī shé)
• 西施顰眉 / 西施颦眉
• 豆腐西施