煙花柳巷

Chinese

		flowers in smoke; gorgeous spring scene	willow	lane; alley
trad. (煙花柳巷)		煙花	柳	巷
simp. (烟花柳巷)		烟花	柳	巷

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yānhuā liǔxiàng

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢㄏㄨㄚㄌㄧㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jin¹ faa¹ lau⁵ hong⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yānhuā liǔxiàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢㄏㄨㄚㄌㄧㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yanhua liǒusiàng
  - Wade–Giles: yen¹-hua¹ liu³-hsiang⁴
  - Yale: yān-hwā lyǒu-syàng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ianhua leoushianq
  - Palladius: яньхуа люсян (janʹxua ljusjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵ li̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jin¹ faa¹ lau⁵ hong⁶
  - Yale: yīn fā láuh hohng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jin¹ faa¹ lau⁵ hong⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yin¹ fa¹ leo⁵ hong⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn⁵⁵ faː⁵⁵ lɐu̯¹³ hɔːŋ²²/

Noun

煙花柳巷

red-light district

Synonyms

紅燈區／红灯区 (hóngdēngqū)
煙花巷／烟花巷 (yānhuāxiàng)
聲色場所／声色场所 (shēngsè chǎngsuǒ)
煙花市／烟花市 (yānhuāshì)
花街 (huājiē)

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