禍水
Chinese
| disaster | water; river | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (禍水) | 禍 | 水 | |
| simp. (祸水) | 祸 | 水 | |
| Literally: “water of calamity”. | |||
Etymology
Originally used to describe Empress Xiaocheng (Zhao Feiyan), an empress during the Han dynasty, in the erotic fiction Feiyan Waizhuan.
Empress Xiaocheng was known for her slender build, also giving rise partly to the idiom 環肥燕瘦 (literally “plump Huan, slender Fei”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huohshoei
- IPA (key): /xu̯ɔ⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: wo6 seoi2
- Yale: woh séui
- Cantonese Pinyin: wo6 soey2
- Guangdong Romanization: wo6 sêu2
- IPA (key): /wɔː²² sɵy̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō-súi
- Tâi-lô: hō-suí
- Phofsit Daibuun: hoixsuie
- IPA (Xiamen): /ho²²⁻²¹ sui⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ho⁴¹⁻²² sui⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho²²⁻²¹ sui⁵³/
- IPA (Taipei): /ho³³⁻¹¹ sui⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ³³⁻²¹ sui⁴¹/
- (Hokkien)
| Rime | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 禍 | 水 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) | 書 (26) |
| Final (韻) | 戈 (95) | 脂 (18) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Closed |
| Division (等) | I | Chongniu III |
| Fanqie | 胡果切 | 式軌切 |
| Reconstructions | ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ɦuɑX/ | /ɕˠiuɪX/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ɦuɑX/ | /ɕʷᵚiX/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ɣuɑX/ | /ɕiuɪX/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ɦwaX/ | /ɕjwiX/ |
| Li Rong |
/ɣuɑX/ | /ɕjuiX/ |
| Wang Li |
/ɣuɑX/ | /ɕwiX/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ɣuɑX/ | /ɕwiX/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
huò | shuǐ |
Noun
禍水
- (figuratively) charming beauty, as a source of calamity; femme fatale
- (figuratively, in general) person or thing that causes great trouble or suffering; scourge; vicious power; bane
Derived terms
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