性福

Chinese

		sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity	good fortune; happiness; luck good fortune; happiness; luck; Fujian province (abbrev.); surname
simp. and trad. (性福)		性	福

Etymology

From 幸福 (xìngfú, “happy (in life); blissful”), by replacing 幸 (xìng, “fortunate; favour”) with its Mandarin homophone 性 (xìng, “sex”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xìngfú

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄈㄨˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xìngfú
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄈㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìngfú
    • Wade–Giles: hsing⁴-fu²
    • Yale: syìng-fú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinqfwu
    • Palladius: синфу (sinfu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵¹ fu³⁵/

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 性福

1. (neologism, slang) sexually fulfilled; sexually satisfied (in life)

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