"折柳" meaning in Chinese

See 折柳 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵ li̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /t͡siːt̚³ lɐu̯¹³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵ li̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/, /t͡siːt̚³ lɐu̯¹³/ Chinese transliterations: zhéliǔ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄓㄜˊ ㄌㄧㄡˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], zit³ lau⁵ [Cantonese, Jyutping], zhéliǔ [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄓㄜˊ ㄌㄧㄡˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], jhéliǒu [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], chê²-liu³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], jé-lyǒu [Mandarin, Yale, standard], jerleou [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], чжэлю [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], čžɛlju [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], jit láuh [Cantonese, Yale], dzit⁸ lau⁵ [Cantonese, Pinyin], jid³ leo⁵ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Head templates: {{head|zh|proper noun}} 折柳
  1. the ancient melody 折楊柳
    Sense id: en-折柳-zh-name-duzvTTND Categories (other): Chinese links with redundant alt parameters, Chinese links with redundant wikilinks

Verb

IPA: /ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵ li̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /t͡siːt̚³ lɐu̯¹³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵ li̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/, /t͡siːt̚³ lɐu̯¹³/ Chinese transliterations: zhéliǔ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄓㄜˊ ㄌㄧㄡˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], zit³ lau⁵ [Cantonese, Jyutping], zhéliǔ [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄓㄜˊ ㄌㄧㄡˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], jhéliǒu [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], chê²-liu³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], jé-lyǒu [Mandarin, Yale, standard], jerleou [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], чжэлю [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], čžɛlju [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], jit láuh [Cantonese, Yale], dzit⁸ lau⁵ [Cantonese, Pinyin], jid³ leo⁵ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 折柳
  1. to break off a willow branch and offer it as a farewell gift Derived forms: 折柳攀花, 攀花折柳, 霸陵折柳
    Sense id: en-折柳-zh-verb-K4bqYuX~ Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 71 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 79
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      "zh-pron": "jid³ leo⁵"
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    {
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      "zh-pron": "jit láuh"
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      "zh-pron": "jit láuh"
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      "zh-pron": "dzit⁸ lau⁵"
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "čžɛlju"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵ li̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jit láuh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dzit⁸ lau⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jid³ leo⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siːt̚³ lɐu̯¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵ li̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siːt̚³ lɐu̯¹³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "折柳"
}

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