胭脂

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (胭脂)		胭	脂
simp. #(胭脂)		胭	脂
alternative forms		焉支 燕支 撚支 臙脂／胭脂

Etymology

Borrowed from the language. Cognate with 閼氏／阏氏 (yānzhī).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yānzhi, yānzhī

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢ ˙ㄓ, ㄧㄢ ㄓ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin¹ zi¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yên-chṳ̂ / yân-chṳ̂
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ian-chi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yānzhi
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢ ˙ㄓ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yanjhi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: yen¹-chih⁵
    • Yale: yān-jr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ian.jy
    • Palladius: яньчжи (janʹčži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵⁵ ɖ͡ʐ̥ʐ̩²/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yānzhī
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢ ㄓ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yanjhih
    • Wade–Giles: yen¹-chih¹
    • Yale: yān-jr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ianjy
    • Palladius: яньчжи (janʹčži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 焉知 胭脂 閼氏／阏氏

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jin¹ zi¹
    • Yale: yīn jī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin¹ dzi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin¹ ji¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 焉知 胭脂

• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yên-chṳ̂
    • Hakka Romanization System: ien´ zii´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yan¹ zi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sɨ²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yân-chṳ̂
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)ian´ zii´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yan¹ zi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯an²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sɨ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ian-chi
    • Tâi-lô: ian-tsi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iency
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɛn⁴⁴⁻²² t͡si⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɛn³³ t͡si³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɛn⁴⁴⁻²² t͡si⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡si⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡si⁴⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 胭脂

1. rouge; fard
2. (Taiwanese Hokkien & Hakka, Malaysia Hokkien) lipstick

   點胭脂／点胭脂 [Taiwanese Hokkien]  ―  tiám ian-chi [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  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
	Singapore	口紅
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	口紅
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	口紅
Central Plains Mandarin	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	胭脂
Southwestern Mandarin	Guilin	口紅
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

Derived terms

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