花柳

Chinese

		flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern	willow
trad. (花柳)		花	柳
simp. #(花柳)		花	柳

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huāliǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚ ㄌㄧㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faa¹ lau⁵
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹ho-lieu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huāliǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚ ㄌㄧㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hualiǒu
    • Wade–Giles: hua¹-liu³
    • Yale: hwā-lyǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hualeou
    • Palladius: хуалю (xualju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵⁵ li̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faa¹ lau⁵
    • Yale: fā láuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faa¹ lau⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: fa¹ leo⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faː⁵⁵ lɐu̯¹³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹ho-lieu
    • MiniDict: ho^平 lieu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹ho-lieu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ho⁵⁵ liɤ²¹/

Noun

花柳

1. (literary) red flowers and green willow leaves
2. (literary, figurative) brothel or prostitute
3. Short for 花柳病 (huāliǔbìng, “sexually transmitted disease”).

Synonyms

• (brothel):

• 個中／个中 (gèzhōng) (secret language, obsolete)
• 勾欄／勾栏 (gōulán) (archaic)
• 半開門／半开门 (⁵poe-khe-men) (Wu, dated)
• 嚮導社／向导社 (⁵shian-dau-zo) (Wu, dated)
• 妓樓／妓楼 (jìlóu) (literary)
• 妓院 (jìyuàn)
• 妓館／妓馆 (jìguǎn) (literary)
• 娼寮 (chāngliáo) (dated)
• 娼樓／娼楼 (chānglóu) (literary)
• 娼門／娼门 (chāngmén)
• 書寓／书寓 (¹sy-gniu) (Wu, dated)
• 煙花間／烟花间 (¹i-ho-ke) (Wu, dated)
• 窯／窑 (yáo) (colloquial)
• 窯子／窑子 (yáozi) (colloquial)
• 青樓／青楼 (qīnglóu) (literary)

 

Derived terms

• 花柳之姿
• 花柳叢／花柳丛
• 花柳營／花柳营
• 花柳病 (huāliǔbìng)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
花	柳
か Grade: 1	りゅう Grade: S
on’yomi

Noun

花(か)柳(りゅう) • (karyū) 

1. (obsolete) red-light district

Derived terms

• 花柳界
• 花柳病