冶遊

Chinese

		smelt	to roam; travel
trad. (冶遊/冶游)		冶	遊/游
simp. (冶游)		冶	游

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yěyóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˇ ㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): je⁵ jau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yěyóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˇ ㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yěyóu
    • Wade–Giles: yeh³-yu²
    • Yale: yě-yóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeeyou
    • Palladius: ею (jeju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ joʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: je⁵ jau⁴
    • Yale: yéh yàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: je⁵ jau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yé⁵ yeo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛː¹³ jɐu̯²¹/

Verb

冶遊

1. (literary) to go for an outing in the spring or during a festivity
2. (archaic) to visit a brothel; to visit a prostitute

Synonyms

• (visit a brothel): (slang) 打炮 (dǎpào), 嫖妓 (piáojì), (literary) 狎妓 (xiájì)

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