口紅

See also: 口红

Chinese

		mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)	red; revolutionary; prosperity red; revolutionary; prosperity; bonus; popular
trad. (口紅)		口	紅
simp. (口红)		口	红

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 口紅(くちべに) (kuchibeni)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǒuhóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄡˇ ㄏㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hau² hung⁴
• Gan (Wiktionary): kieu³ fung⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khiéu-fùng
• Jin (Wiktionary): kou² hung¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kháu-hông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǒuhóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄡˇ ㄏㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǒuhóng
    • Wade–Giles: kʻou³-hung²
    • Yale: kǒu-húng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: koouhorng
    • Palladius: коухун (kouxun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hau² hung⁴
    • Yale: háu hùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hau² hung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: heo² hung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯³⁵ hʊŋ²¹/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: kieu³ fung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiɛu²¹³⁻¹³ fuŋ³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiéu-fùng
    • Hakka Romanization System: kieu` fungˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kieu³ fung²
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯eu̯³¹ fuŋ¹¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: kou² hung¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /kʰxəu⁵³ xũŋ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kháu-hông
    • Tâi-lô: kháu-hông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qaw'hoong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hɔŋ²³/

Noun

口紅

1. lipstick (Classifier: 支)

   塗口紅／涂口红  ―  tú kǒuhóng  ―  to put on lipstick

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 口紅 (“lipstick”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		口脂
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		口紅, 脣膏
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	口紅
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	口紅
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	口紅
Southwestern Mandarin	Guilin	口紅
Mandarin	Singapore	口紅
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	胭脂
Cantonese	Guangzhou	脣膏, 口脣膏
	Hong Kong	脣膏
	Taishan	脣膏
	Taishan (Guanghai)	嘴脣膏, 脣膏
	Kaiping (Chikan)	口脣膏
	Dongguan	脣膏
	Mandalay (Taishan)	口脣紅
Gan	Nanchang	口紅
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	胭脂, 口紅, 酷姬美麗
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	胭脂, 口紅, 酷姬美麗
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	胭脂, 口紅, 酷姬美麗
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	胭脂, 口紅, 酷姬美麗
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	胭脂, 口紅, 酷姬美麗
Jin	Taiyuan	口紅
Southern Min	Xiamen	脣紅
	Quanzhou	脣紅
	Zhangzhou	脣紅
	Taipei	胭脂
	Kaohsiung	胭脂
	Yilan	胭脂
	Changhua (Lukang)	胭脂
	Taichung	胭脂
	Taichung (Wuqi)	胭脂
	Tainan	胭脂
	Taitung	胭脂
	Hsinchu	胭脂
	Penghu (Magong)	胭脂
	Penang (Hokkien)	胭脂
	Singapore (Hokkien)	脣紅, 胭脂
	Manila (Hokkien)	脣紅, 胭脂
	Leizhou	喙脣紅
	Haikou	喙脣紅
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	口紅
Wu	Shanghai	嘴脣膏
	Suzhou	嘴脣膏, 口紅
	Wenzhou	嘴脣膏

Descendants

• → Zhuang: goujhungz

Japanese

Kanji in this term
口	紅
くち Grade: 1	べに Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) くちべに [kùchíbéní] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [kɯ̟̊ᵝt͡ɕibe̞ɲ̟i]

Noun

口(くち)紅(べに) • (kuchibeni) 

1. lipstick

Synonyms

• リップスティック (rippusutikku)
• ルージュ (rūju)