鴻門宴
Chinese
Etymology
feast; repose | |||
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trad. (鴻門宴) | 鴻門 | 宴 | |
simp. (鸿门宴) | 鸿门 | 宴 |
In 206 BC, late Qin dynasty warlord Xiang Yu invited his rival Liu Bang to a feast at 鴻門/鸿门 (“Hongmen, a historical place name located in Shaanxi province today”). During this feast, several assassination attempts were made on Liu.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄇㄣˊ ㄧㄢˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: hóngményàn
- Wade–Giles: hung2-mên2-yen4
- Yale: húng-mén-yàn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: horngmenyann
- Palladius: хунмэньянь (xunmɛnʹjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xʊŋ³⁵ mən³⁵ jɛn⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Noun
(deprecated template usage) 鴻門宴
- a social gathering (e.g. party, meeting) with conspiracy against its guest; a malicious invitation; a trap