色字頭上一把刀

Chinese

		colour; dice; look colour; dice; look; appearance	letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word	top of the head; crown; overhead top of the head; crown; overhead; above	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	handle; (a measure word); (marker for direct-object) handle; (a measure word); (marker for direct-object); to hold; to contain; to grasp; to take hold of	knife
trad. (色字頭上一把刀)		色	字	頭上	一	把	刀
simp. (色字头上一把刀)		色	字	头上	一	把	刀
Literally: “a 刀 (dāo, “knife”) lies at the top of the 色 (“feminine charm; beauty”) character”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sè zì tóushàng yī bǎ dāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄜˋ ㄗˋ ㄊㄡˊ ㄕㄤˋ ㄧ ㄅㄚˇ ㄉㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik¹ zi⁶ tau⁴ soeng⁶ jat¹ baa² dou¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sè zì tóushàng yī bǎ dāo [Phonetic: sè zì tóushàng yì bǎ dāo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄜˋ ㄗˋ ㄊㄡˊ ㄕㄤˋ ㄧ ㄅㄚˇ ㄉㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sè zìh tóushàng yi bǎ dao
    • Wade–Giles: sê⁴ tzŭ⁴ tʻou²-shang⁴ i¹ pa³ tao¹
    • Yale: sè dz̀ tóu-shàng yī bǎ dāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: seh tzyh tourshanq i baa dau
    • Palladius: сэ цзы тоушан и ба дао (sɛ czy toušan i ba dao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ pä²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sik¹ zi⁶ tau⁴ soeng⁶ jat¹ baa² dou¹
    • Yale: sīk jih tàuh seuhng yāt bá dōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁷ dzi⁶ tau⁴ soeng⁶ jat⁷ baa² dou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig¹ ji⁶ teo⁴ sêng⁶ yed¹ ba² dou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚⁵ t͡siː²² tʰɐu̯²¹ sœːŋ²² jɐt̚⁵ paː³⁵ tou̯⁵⁵/

Proverb

色字頭上一把刀

1. charming beauty makes men fall