"尋芳問柳" meaning in Chinese

See 尋芳問柳 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /ɕyn³⁵ fɑŋ⁵⁵ wən⁵¹ li̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sʰɐm²¹ fɔːŋ⁵⁵ mɐn²² lɐu̯¹³/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 寻芳问柳 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 尋芳問柳
  1. to visit prostitutes; to frequent brothels Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: 尋花問柳 (xúnhuāwènliǔ), 寻花问柳 (xúnhuāwènliǔ)
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "寻芳问柳",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "尋芳問柳",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cantonese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to visit prostitutes; to frequent brothels"
      ],
      "id": "en-尋芳問柳-zh-phrase-zVCcQA7h",
      "links": [
        [
          "visit",
          "visit"
        ],
        [
          "prostitute",
          "prostitute"
        ],
        [
          "frequent",
          "frequent"
        ],
        [
          "brothel",
          "brothel"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "xúnhuāwènliǔ",
          "word": "尋花問柳"
        },
        {
          "roman": "xúnhuāwènliǔ",
          "word": "寻花问柳"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "xúnfāngwènliǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄈㄤ ㄨㄣˋ ㄌㄧㄡˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cam⁴ fong¹ man⁶ lau⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "xúnfāngwènliǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄈㄤ ㄨㄣˋ ㄌㄧㄡˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "syúnfangwùnliǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hsün²-fang¹-wên⁴-liu³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "syún-fāng-wèn-lyǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shyunfangwennleou"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sjunʹfanvɛnʹlju",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "сюньфанвэньлю"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕyn³⁵ fɑŋ⁵⁵ wən⁵¹ li̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cam⁴ fong¹ man⁶ lau⁵"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chàhm fōng mahn láuh"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsam⁴ fong¹ man⁶ lau⁵"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cem⁴ fong¹ men⁶ leo⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰɐm²¹ fɔːŋ⁵⁵ mɐn²² lɐu̯¹³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "尋芳問柳"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "寻芳问柳",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "尋芳問柳",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese chengyu",
        "Cantonese idioms",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese chengyu",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 問",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 尋",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 柳",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 芳",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin chengyu",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to visit prostitutes; to frequent brothels"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "visit",
          "visit"
        ],
        [
          "prostitute",
          "prostitute"
        ],
        [
          "frequent",
          "frequent"
        ],
        [
          "brothel",
          "brothel"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "xúnfāngwènliǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄈㄤ ㄨㄣˋ ㄌㄧㄡˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cam⁴ fong¹ man⁶ lau⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "xúnfāngwènliǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄈㄤ ㄨㄣˋ ㄌㄧㄡˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "syúnfangwùnliǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hsün²-fang¹-wên⁴-liu³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "syún-fāng-wèn-lyǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shyunfangwennleou"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sjunʹfanvɛnʹlju",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "сюньфанвэньлю"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕyn³⁵ fɑŋ⁵⁵ wən⁵¹ li̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cam⁴ fong¹ man⁶ lau⁵"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chàhm fōng mahn láuh"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsam⁴ fong¹ man⁶ lau⁵"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cem⁴ fong¹ men⁶ leo⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰɐm²¹ fɔːŋ⁵⁵ mɐn²² lɐu̯¹³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "xúnhuāwènliǔ",
      "word": "尋花問柳"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xúnhuāwènliǔ",
      "word": "寻花问柳"
    }
  ],
  "word": "尋芳問柳"
}

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