"花魁" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Chinese]

IPA: /xu̯ä⁵⁵ kʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /faː⁵⁵ fuːi̯⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /xu̯ä⁵⁵ kʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵/, /faː⁵⁵ fuːi̯⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: huākuí [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄏㄨㄚ ㄎㄨㄟˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], faa¹ fui¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], huākuí [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], huakuéi [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], hua¹-kʻuei² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], hwā-kwéi [Mandarin, Yale], huakwei [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], хуакуй [Mandarin, Palladius], xuakuj [Mandarin, Palladius], fā fūi [Cantonese, Yale], faa¹ fui¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], fa¹ fui¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 花魁
  1. queen of flowers, referring especially to plum blossom
    Sense id: en-花魁-zh-noun-9P-JvJSw Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
  2. (literary, historical) the most famous courtesan in a brothel; famous prostitute Tags: historical, literary
    Sense id: en-花魁-zh-noun-Qe~w5xnR Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 占花魁, 獨占花魁, 花魁娘子

Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [o̞iɾã̠ɴ] Forms: 花魁 [canonical] (ruby: 花魁(おいらん)), oiran [romanization]
Etymology: /oira no/ → /oiran/ A contraction of 己等 (oira, first-person pronoun) + の (no, possessive particle). Young assistants used to call their elder courtesans 己等の (oira no), an ellipse for 己等の姉さん (oira no nēsan, literally "my elder sister"). The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓), borrowed from Chinese 花魁 (huākuí). Etymology templates: {{m|ja|己等|pos=first-person pronoun|tr=oira}} 己等 (oira, first-person pronoun), {{m|ja|の|pos=possessive particle|tr=no}} の (no, possessive particle), {{m|ja||己等の|tr=oira no}} 己等の (oira no), {{m|ja|己等の姉さん|pos=literally "my elder sister"|tr=oira no nēsan}} 己等の姉さん (oira no nēsan, literally "my elder sister"), {{m|ja|熟字訓}} 熟字訓, {{juku|sort=おいらん}} jukujikun (熟字訓), {{bor|ja|zh|花魁|sort=おいらん}} Chinese 花魁 (huākuí) Head templates: {{ja-noun|おいらん}} 花魁(おいらん) • (oiran)
  1. (archaic, slang) an oiran (elder courtesan in Edo-period Yoshiwara) Tags: archaic, slang Categories (topical): Occupations
    Sense id: en-花魁-ja-noun-VHn1Avn3 Disambiguation of Occupations: 35 42 23 Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 55 43 2 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 56 42 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 51 47 2 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 46 52 2
  2. any high-ranking courtesan Categories (topical): Occupations Synonyms: 太夫
    Sense id: en-花魁-ja-noun-PPQpYwwP Disambiguation of Occupations: 35 42 23 Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 51 47 2 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 46 52 2
  3. a prostitute Categories (topical): Occupations
    Sense id: en-花魁-ja-noun-mes8suzV Disambiguation of Occupations: 35 42 23
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 花魁草 (oiransō) (ruby: 花魁(オイラン), (ソウ)), 花魁道中 (Oiran Dōchū) (ruby: 花魁(おいらん), 道中(どうちゅう)), 花魁鳥 (oirandori) (ruby: 花魁(オイラン), (ドリ)) Related terms: 娼婦

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      "zh-pron": "huākuí"
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        "bopomofo"
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      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄨㄚ ㄎㄨㄟˊ"
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        "Jyutping"
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      "zh-pron": "hua¹-kʻuei²"
    },
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      "tags": [
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    },
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        "Mandarin",
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    {
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "xuakuj"
    },
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      "ipa": "/xu̯ä⁵⁵ kʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵/",
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        "Sinological-IPA"
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      "tags": [
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      "zh-pron": "faa¹ fui¹"
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      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
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      "zh-pron": "fa¹ fui¹"
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    {
      "ipa": "/xu̯ä⁵⁵ kʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/faː⁵⁵ fuːi̯⁵⁵/"
    }
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      "word": "花魁草"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "娼婦"
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          "word": "太夫"
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      "links": [
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          "prostitute",
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      "other": "おいらん"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[o̞iɾã̠ɴ]"
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  "word": "花魁"
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      "word": "占花魁"
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      "word": "獨占花魁"
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      "word": "花魁娘子"
    }
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        {
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          "name": "desc"
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            "1": "花%魁",
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            "gloss": ""
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vi",
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            "bor": "1",
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          },
          "expansion": "→ Vietnamese: hoa khôi (花魁)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "花魁",
            "2": "おい%らん",
            "3": "",
            "4": "hoa khôi",
            "5": "",
            "6": "",
            "h": "花魁",
            "j2": "",
            "j2t": "",
            "j3": "",
            "j3t": "",
            "j4": "",
            "j4t": "",
            "jdesc": "",
            "jje2": "",
            "jje2t": "",
            "jje3": "",
            "jje3t": "",
            "jje4": "",
            "jje4t": "",
            "jjedesc": "",
            "jjet": "",
            "jt": "",
            "k2": "",
            "k2t": "",
            "k3": "",
            "k3t": "",
            "k4": "",
            "k4t": "",
            "kdesc": "",
            "kt": "",
            "o": "",
            "o2": "",
            "o2t": "",
            "o3": "",
            "o3t": "",
            "o4": "",
            "o4t": "",
            "odesc": "",
            "ot": "",
            "s": "花%魁",
            "v": "花魁",
            "v2": "",
            "v2t": "",
            "v3": "",
            "v3t": "",
            "v4": "",
            "v4t": "",
            "vdesc": "",
            "vt": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (花魁):\n* → Japanese: 花(おい)魁(らん) (oiran)\n* → Vietnamese: hoa khôi (花魁)",
          "name": "CJKV/code"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "",
            "2": "おい%らん",
            "3": "",
            "4": "hoa khôi",
            "5": "",
            "o": "",
            "s": "花%魁"
          },
          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (花魁):\n* → Japanese: 花(おい)魁(らん) (oiran)\n* → Vietnamese: hoa khôi (花魁)",
          "name": "CJKV"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sino-Xenic (花魁):\n* → Japanese: 花(おい)魁(らん) (oiran)\n* → Vietnamese: hoa khôi (花魁)"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "花魁",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "queen of flowers, referring especially to plum blossom"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "queen",
          "queen"
        ],
        [
          "flower",
          "flower"
        ],
        [
          "plum blossom",
          "plum blossom"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese literary terms",
        "Chinese terms with historical senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the most famous courtesan in a brothel; famous prostitute"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "courtesan",
          "courtesan"
        ],
        [
          "brothel",
          "brothel"
        ],
        [
          "famous",
          "famous"
        ],
        [
          "prostitute",
          "prostitute"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary, historical) the most famous courtesan in a brothel; famous prostitute"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical",
        "literary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huākuí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄨㄚ ㄎㄨㄟˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "faa¹ fui¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huākuí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huakuéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hua¹-kʻuei²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hwā-kwéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huakwei"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "хуакуй"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xuakuj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xu̯ä⁵⁵ kʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fā fūi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "faa¹ fui¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fa¹ fui¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/faː⁵⁵ fuːi̯⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xu̯ä⁵⁵ kʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/faː⁵⁵ fuːi̯⁵⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "花魁"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms borrowed from Chinese",
    "Japanese terms derived from Chinese",
    "Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with jinmeiyō kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with jukujikun",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms written with two Han script characters",
    "ja:Occupations"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "oiransō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "花魁",
          "オイラン"
        ],
        [
          "草",
          "ソウ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "花魁草"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Oiran Dōchū",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "花魁",
          "おいらん"
        ],
        [
          "道中",
          "どうちゅう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "花魁道中"
    },
    {
      "roman": "oirandori",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "花魁",
          "オイラン"
        ],
        [
          "鳥",
          "ドリ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "花魁鳥"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "oiran",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: oiran",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: oiran"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "己等",
        "pos": "first-person pronoun",
        "tr": "oira"
      },
      "expansion": "己等 (oira, first-person pronoun)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "の",
        "pos": "possessive particle",
        "tr": "no"
      },
      "expansion": "の (no, possessive particle)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "",
        "3": "己等の",
        "tr": "oira no"
      },
      "expansion": "己等の (oira no)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "己等の姉さん",
        "pos": "literally \"my elder sister\"",
        "tr": "oira no nēsan"
      },
      "expansion": "己等の姉さん (oira no nēsan, literally \"my elder sister\")",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "熟字訓"
      },
      "expansion": "熟字訓",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "sort": "おいらん"
      },
      "expansion": "jukujikun (熟字訓)",
      "name": "juku"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "zh",
        "3": "花魁",
        "sort": "おいらん"
      },
      "expansion": "Chinese 花魁 (huākuí)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "/oira no/ → /oiran/\nA contraction of 己等 (oira, first-person pronoun) + の (no, possessive particle). Young assistants used to call their elder courtesans 己等の (oira no), an ellipse for 己等の姉さん (oira no nēsan, literally \"my elder sister\").\nThe kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓), borrowed from Chinese 花魁 (huākuí).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "花魁",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "花魁",
          "おいらん"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oiran",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "おいらん"
      },
      "expansion": "花魁(おいらん) • (oiran)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "娼婦"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese slang",
        "Japanese terms with archaic senses",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "an oiran (elder courtesan in Edo-period Yoshiwara)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "oiran",
          "oiran"
        ],
        [
          "elder",
          "elder#English"
        ],
        [
          "courtesan",
          "courtesan#English"
        ],
        [
          "Edo-period",
          "w:Edo period"
        ],
        [
          "Yoshiwara",
          "w:Yoshiwara"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic, slang) an oiran (elder courtesan in Edo-period Yoshiwara)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "slang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "any high-ranking courtesan"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "high",
          "high"
        ],
        [
          "rank",
          "rank"
        ],
        [
          "courtesan",
          "courtesan"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "太夫"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a prostitute"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "prostitute",
          "prostitute"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "おいらん"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[o̞iɾã̠ɴ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "花魁"
}
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  "path": [
    "花魁"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "花魁",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: '(Standard Chinese)⁺'",
  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "花魁",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
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  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "花魁",
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}

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