斷袖之癖

Chinese

		cut sleeve; male homosexuality; male homosexual cut sleeve; male homosexuality; male homosexual; gay	's; him/her/it; this	habit; hobby
trad. (斷袖之癖)		斷袖	之	癖
simp. (断袖之癖)		断袖	之	癖
Literally: “the passion of the cut sleeve”.

Etymology

See 斷袖／断袖 (duànxiù).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): duànxiùzhīpǐ, duànxiùzhīpì

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄓ ㄆㄧˇ, ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄓ ㄆㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dyun⁶ zau⁶ zi¹ pik¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: duànxiùzhīpǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄓ ㄆㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: duànsiòujhihpǐ
    • Wade–Giles: tuan⁴-hsiu⁴-chih¹-pʻi³
    • Yale: dwàn-syòu-jr̄-pǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duannshiowjypii
    • Palladius: дуаньсючжипи (duanʹsjučžipi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯än⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ pʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: duànxiùzhīpì
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄓ ㄆㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: duànsiòujhihpì
    • Wade–Giles: tuan⁴-hsiu⁴-chih¹-pʻi⁴
    • Yale: dwàn-syòu-jr̄-pì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duannshiowjypih
    • Palladius: дуаньсючжипи (duanʹsjučžipi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯än⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ pʰi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dyun⁶ zau⁶ zi¹ pik¹
    • Yale: dyuhn jauh jī pīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dyn⁶ dzau⁶ dzi¹ pik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: dün⁶ zeo⁶ ji¹ pig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tyːn²² t͡sɐu̯²² t͡siː⁵⁵ pʰɪk̚⁵/

Idiom

斷袖之癖

1. (figurative) male homosexuality