花容月貌

Chinese

		flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern	to hold; to contain; to allow to hold; to contain; to allow; appearance; look; countenance	moon; month	appearance
trad. (花容月貌)		花	容	月	貌
simp. ^#(花容月貌)		花	容	月	貌
Literally: “countenance of flowers, appearance of the moon”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huāróngyuèmào

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚㄖㄨㄥˊ ㄩㄝˋ ㄇㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): faa¹ jung⁴ jyut⁶ maau⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huāróngyuèmào
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚㄖㄨㄥˊ ㄩㄝˋ ㄇㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huaróngyuèmào
  - Wade–Giles: hua¹-jung²-yüeh⁴-mao⁴
  - Yale: hwā-rúng-ywè-màu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huarongyuehmaw
  - Palladius: хуажунъюэмао (xuažunʺjuemao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵⁵ ʐʊŋ³⁵ ɥɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ mɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: faa¹ jung⁴ jyut⁶ maau⁶
  - Yale: fā yùhng yuht maauh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faa¹ jung⁴ jyt⁹ maau⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: fa¹ yung⁴ yud⁶ mao⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /faː⁵⁵ jʊŋ²¹ jyːt̚² maːu̯²²/

Idiom

花容月貌

(of a woman) beautiful, attractive, gorgeous

Synonyms

沉魚落雁／沉鱼落雁 (chényúluòyàn)
閉月羞花／闭月羞花 (bìyuèxiūhuā)
羞花閉月／羞花闭月 (xiūhuābìyuè)

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