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): ㄏㄨㄚ ㄖㄨㄥˊ ㄩㄝˋ ㄇㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faa¹ jung⁴ jyut⁶ maau⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huāróngyuèmào
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚ ㄖㄨㄥˊ 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

1. (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)