陽春白雪

See also: 阳春白雪

Chinese

		warm spring day	white snow
trad. (陽春白雪)		陽春	白雪
simp. (阳春白雪)		阳春	白雪

Etymology

The name of the song White Snow on a Warm Spring Day, composed in the state of Chu during the Warring States Period. This song was considered to be refined and extremely difficult to sing.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yángchūnbáixuě

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˊ ㄔㄨㄣ ㄅㄞˊ ㄒㄩㄝˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng⁴ ceon¹ baak⁶ syut³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yángchūnbáixuě
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˊ ㄔㄨㄣ ㄅㄞˊ ㄒㄩㄝˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yángchunbáisyuě
    • Wade–Giles: yang²-chʻun¹-pai²-hsüeh³
    • Yale: yáng-chwūn-bái-sywě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yangchuenbairsheue
    • Palladius: янчуньбайсюэ (jančunʹbajsjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵ paɪ̯³⁵ ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: joeng⁴ ceon¹ baak⁶ syut³
    • Yale: yèuhng chēun baahk syut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joeng⁴ tsoen¹ baak⁹ syt⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêng⁴ cên¹ bag⁶ xud³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːŋ²¹ t͡sʰɵn⁵⁵ paːk̚² syːt̚³/

Idiom

陽春白雪

1. (figurative) highbrow art and literature; caviar to the general

Synonyms

• 陽春／阳春 (yángchūn)

Antonyms

• 下里巴人 (xiàlǐbārén)