"黃泉" meaning in Chinese

See 黃泉 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /wɔːŋ²¹ t͡sʰyːn²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /voŋ¹¹ t͡sʰi̯en¹¹/ [Hakka, Miaoli, Northern, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /voŋ¹¹ t͡sʰan¹¹/ [Hakka, Miaoli, Northern, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /voŋ¹¹ t͡sʰi̯en¹¹/ [Hakka, Sinological-IPA], /hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡suan²⁴/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡suan²⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /hɔŋ¹³⁻²² t͡suan¹³/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /hɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡suan²⁴/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /hɔŋ²³⁻³³ t͡suan²³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/, /wɔːŋ²¹ t͡sʰyːn²¹/, /voŋ¹¹ t͡sʰi̯en¹¹/, /voŋ¹¹ t͡sʰan¹¹/, /voŋ¹¹ t͡sʰi̯en¹¹/, /hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡suan²⁴/, /hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡suan²⁴/, /hɔŋ¹³⁻²² t͡suan¹³/, /hɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡suan²⁴/, /hɔŋ²³⁻³³ t͡suan²³/ Chinese transliterations: huángquán [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄑㄩㄢˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], wong⁴ cyun⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], vòng-chhièn [Hakka, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], vòng-chhàn [Hakka, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], hông-choân, huángquán [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄑㄩㄢˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], huángcyuán [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], huang²-chʻüan² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], hwáng-chywán [Mandarin, Yale, standard], hwangchyuan [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], хуанцюань [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], xuancjuanʹ [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], wòhng chyùhn [Cantonese, Yale], wong⁴ tsyn⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], wong⁴ qun⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], vòng-chhièn [Hakka, Miaoli, Northern, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], vòng-chhàn [Hakka, Miaoli, Northern, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], vong^ˇ qien^ˇ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Miaoli, Northern, Sixian], vong^ˇ can^ˇ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Miaoli, Northern, Sixian], vong² qian² [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Miaoli, Northern, Sixian], vong² can² [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Miaoli, Northern, Sixian], vòng-chhièn [Hakka, Phak-fa-su], vong^ˇ qien^ˇ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System], vong² qian² [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka], hông-choân [Hokkien, POJ], hông-tsuân [Hokkien, Tai-lo], hongzoaan [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], hwang dzjwen [Middle-Chinese], /*N-kʷˤaŋ s-N-ɢʷar/ [Baxter-Sagart, Old-Chinese], /*ɡʷaːŋ sɡʷen/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang] Forms: 黄泉
Etymology: According to Chinese folklore, water appears yellow in color when it is underground. This became representative of the underworld due to its location under the earth and the practice of burial in Chinese culture. Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 黃泉
  1. underground spring
    Sense id: en-黃泉-zh-noun-sJDmuSc1
  2. (figuratively) underworld; the land of the dead Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): Afterlife, Death Synonyms (underworld): 老家 (lǎojiā) [colloquial, euphemistic, figuratively, humorous], 陰間 (yīnjiān), 阴间 (yīnjiān)
    Sense id: en-黃泉-zh-noun-tMeUncoi Disambiguation of Afterlife: 4 96 Disambiguation of Death: 6 94 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 40 60 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 39 61 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 38 62 Disambiguation of 'underworld': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 上窮碧落下黃泉 (shàng qióng bìluò xià huángquán), 上穷碧落下黄泉 (shàng qióng bìluò xià huángquán), 命喪黃泉, 命丧黄泉, 碧落黃泉, 碧落黄泉, 黃泉路 (huángquánlù), 黄泉路 (huángquánlù)
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "shàng qióng bìluò xià huángquán",
      "word": "上窮碧落下黃泉"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "shàng qióng bìluò xià huángquán",
      "word": "上穷碧落下黄泉"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "命喪黃泉"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "命丧黄泉"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "碧落黃泉"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "碧落黄泉"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "huángquánlù",
      "word": "黃泉路"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "huángquánlù",
      "word": "黄泉路"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 0,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zh",
            "2": "黃泉"
          },
          "expansion": "黃泉",
          "name": "lang"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese:",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "黄%泉",
            "2": "こう%せん",
            "gloss": ""
          },
          "expansion": "黄(こう)泉(せん) (kōsen)",
          "name": "ja-r"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ko",
            "2": "황천(黃泉)",
            "3": "",
            "4": "",
            "5": "",
            "bor": "1",
            "id": "黃泉",
            "id2": "",
            "id3": "",
            "id4": "",
            "t": "",
            "t2": "",
            "t3": "",
            "t4": ""
          },
          "expansion": "→ Korean: 황천(黃泉) (hwangcheon)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vi",
            "2": "hoàng tuyền",
            "bor": "1",
            "id": "黃泉",
            "t": "",
            "tr": "黃泉"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Vietnamese: hoàng tuyền (黃泉)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "黃泉",
            "2": "こう%せん",
            "3": "황천",
            "4": "hoàng tuyền",
            "5": "",
            "6": "",
            "h": "黃泉",
            "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": "黃泉",
            "o2": "",
            "o2t": "",
            "o3": "",
            "o3t": "",
            "o4": "",
            "o4t": "",
            "odesc": "",
            "ot": "",
            "s": "黄%泉",
            "v": "黃泉",
            "v2": "",
            "v2t": "",
            "v3": "",
            "v3t": "",
            "v4": "",
            "v4t": "",
            "vdesc": "",
            "vt": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (黃泉):\n* → Japanese: 黄(こう)泉(せん) (kōsen)\n* → Korean: 황천(黃泉) (hwangcheon)\n* → Vietnamese: hoàng tuyền (黃泉)",
          "name": "CJKV/code"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "",
            "2": "こう%せん",
            "3": "황천",
            "4": "hoàng tuyền",
            "j": "黄%泉"
          },
          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (黃泉):\n* → Japanese: 黄(こう)泉(せん) (kōsen)\n* → Korean: 황천(黃泉) (hwangcheon)\n* → Vietnamese: hoàng tuyền (黃泉)",
          "name": "CJKV"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sino-Xenic (黃泉):\n* → Japanese: 黄(こう)泉(せん) (kōsen)\n* → Korean: 황천(黃泉) (hwangcheon)\n* → Vietnamese: hoàng tuyền (黃泉)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vi",
            "2": "suối vàng",
            "cal": "y"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Vietnamese: suối vàng (calque)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Vietnamese: suối vàng (calque)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "According to Chinese folklore, water appears yellow in color when it is underground. This became representative of the underworld due to its location under the earth and the practice of burial in Chinese culture.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "黄泉",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "黃泉",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "yellow spring",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Now, an earthworm eats the dry mould above, and drinks the yellow spring below.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Classical Chinese",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " Mencius, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE",
          "roman": "Fú yǐn, shàng shí gǎorǎng, xià yǐn huángquán.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "夫蚓,上食槁壤,下飲黃泉。",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "Now, an earthworm eats the dry mould above, and drinks the yellow spring below.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Classical Chinese",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " Mencius, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE",
          "roman": "Fú yǐn, shàng shí gǎorǎng, xià yǐn huángquán.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "夫蚓,上食槁壤,下饮黄泉。",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "underground spring"
      ],
      "id": "en-黃泉-zh-noun-sJDmuSc1",
      "links": [
        [
          "underground",
          "underground"
        ],
        [
          "spring",
          "spring"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "40 60",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "39 61",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 5 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 62",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 96",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Afterlife",
          "orig": "zh:Afterlife",
          "parents": [
            "Death",
            "Mythology",
            "Philosophy",
            "Religion",
            "Body",
            "Life",
            "Culture",
            "All topics",
            "Nature",
            "Society",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 94",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Death",
          "orig": "zh:Death",
          "parents": [
            "Body",
            "Life",
            "All topics",
            "Nature",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "May we not meet again till death!",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Classical Chinese",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " Commentary of Zuo, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE",
          "roman": "Bù jí huángquán, wú xiàngjiàn yě!",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "不及黃泉,無相見也!",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "May we not meet again till death!",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Classical Chinese",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " Commentary of Zuo, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE",
          "roman": "Bù jí huángquán, wú xiàngjiàn yě!",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "不及黄泉,无相见也!",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "underworld; the land of the dead"
      ],
      "id": "en-黃泉-zh-noun-tMeUncoi",
      "links": [
        [
          "underworld",
          "underworld"
        ],
        [
          "land",
          "land"
        ],
        [
          "dead",
          "dead"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) underworld; the land of the dead"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "roman": "lǎojiā",
          "sense": "underworld",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial",
            "euphemistic",
            "figuratively",
            "humorous"
          ],
          "word": "老家"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "roman": "yīnjiān",
          "sense": "underworld",
          "word": "陰間"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "roman": "yīnjiān",
          "sense": "underworld",
          "word": "阴间"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huángquán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄑㄩㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wong⁴ cyun⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vòng-chhièn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vòng-chhàn"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "hông-choân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huángquán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄑㄩㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huángcyuán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huang²-chʻüan²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hwáng-chywán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hwangchyuan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "хуанцюань"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xuancjuanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wòhng chyùhn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wong⁴ tsyn⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wong⁴ qun⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɔːŋ²¹ t͡sʰyːn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vòng-chhièn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vòng-chhàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vong^ˇ qien^ˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vong^ˇ can^ˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vong² qian²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vong² can²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/voŋ¹¹ t͡sʰi̯en¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/voŋ¹¹ t͡sʰan¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vòng-chhièn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vong^ˇ qien^ˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vong² qian²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/voŋ¹¹ t͡sʰi̯en¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hông-choân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hông-tsuân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hongzoaan"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡suan²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡suan²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔŋ¹³⁻²² t͡suan¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡suan²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔŋ²³⁻³³ t͡suan²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hwang dzjwen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*N-kʷˤaŋ s-N-ɢʷar/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ɡʷaːŋ sɡʷen/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɔːŋ²¹ t͡sʰyːn²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/voŋ¹¹ t͡sʰi̯en¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/voŋ¹¹ t͡sʰan¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/voŋ¹¹ t͡sʰi̯en¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡suan²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡suan²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔŋ¹³⁻²² t͡suan¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡suan²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔŋ²³⁻³³ t͡suan²³/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*N-kʷˤaŋ s-N-ɢʷar/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*ɡʷaːŋ sɡʷen/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "黃泉"
}
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  "categories": [
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 泉",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 黃",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas",
    "Middle Chinese nouns",
    "Old Chinese lemmas",
    "Old Chinese nouns",
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "zh:Afterlife",
    "zh:Death"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "shàng qióng bìluò xià huángquán",
      "word": "上窮碧落下黃泉"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shàng qióng bìluò xià huángquán",
      "word": "上穷碧落下黄泉"
    },
    {
      "word": "命喪黃泉"
    },
    {
      "word": "命丧黄泉"
    },
    {
      "word": "碧落黃泉"
    },
    {
      "word": "碧落黄泉"
    },
    {
      "roman": "huángquánlù",
      "word": "黃泉路"
    },
    {
      "roman": "huángquánlù",
      "word": "黄泉路"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 0,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zh",
            "2": "黃泉"
          },
          "expansion": "黃泉",
          "name": "lang"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese:",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "黄%泉",
            "2": "こう%せん",
            "gloss": ""
          },
          "expansion": "黄(こう)泉(せん) (kōsen)",
          "name": "ja-r"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ko",
            "2": "황천(黃泉)",
            "3": "",
            "4": "",
            "5": "",
            "bor": "1",
            "id": "黃泉",
            "id2": "",
            "id3": "",
            "id4": "",
            "t": "",
            "t2": "",
            "t3": "",
            "t4": ""
          },
          "expansion": "→ Korean: 황천(黃泉) (hwangcheon)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vi",
            "2": "hoàng tuyền",
            "bor": "1",
            "id": "黃泉",
            "t": "",
            "tr": "黃泉"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Vietnamese: hoàng tuyền (黃泉)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "黃泉",
            "2": "こう%せん",
            "3": "황천",
            "4": "hoàng tuyền",
            "5": "",
            "6": "",
            "h": "黃泉",
            "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": "黃泉",
            "o2": "",
            "o2t": "",
            "o3": "",
            "o3t": "",
            "o4": "",
            "o4t": "",
            "odesc": "",
            "ot": "",
            "s": "黄%泉",
            "v": "黃泉",
            "v2": "",
            "v2t": "",
            "v3": "",
            "v3t": "",
            "v4": "",
            "v4t": "",
            "vdesc": "",
            "vt": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (黃泉):\n* → Japanese: 黄(こう)泉(せん) (kōsen)\n* → Korean: 황천(黃泉) (hwangcheon)\n* → Vietnamese: hoàng tuyền (黃泉)",
          "name": "CJKV/code"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "",
            "2": "こう%せん",
            "3": "황천",
            "4": "hoàng tuyền",
            "j": "黄%泉"
          },
          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (黃泉):\n* → Japanese: 黄(こう)泉(せん) (kōsen)\n* → Korean: 황천(黃泉) (hwangcheon)\n* → Vietnamese: hoàng tuyền (黃泉)",
          "name": "CJKV"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sino-Xenic (黃泉):\n* → Japanese: 黄(こう)泉(せん) (kōsen)\n* → Korean: 황천(黃泉) (hwangcheon)\n* → Vietnamese: hoàng tuyền (黃泉)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vi",
            "2": "suối vàng",
            "cal": "y"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Vietnamese: suối vàng (calque)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Vietnamese: suối vàng (calque)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "According to Chinese folklore, water appears yellow in color when it is underground. This became representative of the underworld due to its location under the earth and the practice of burial in Chinese culture.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "黄泉",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "黃泉",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "yellow spring",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Literary Chinese terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Now, an earthworm eats the dry mould above, and drinks the yellow spring below.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Classical Chinese",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " Mencius, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE",
          "roman": "Fú yǐn, shàng shí gǎorǎng, xià yǐn huángquán.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "夫蚓,上食槁壤,下飲黃泉。",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "Now, an earthworm eats the dry mould above, and drinks the yellow spring below.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Classical Chinese",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " Mencius, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE",
          "roman": "Fú yǐn, shàng shí gǎorǎng, xià yǐn huángquán.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "夫蚓,上食槁壤,下饮黄泉。",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "underground spring"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "underground",
          "underground"
        ],
        [
          "spring",
          "spring"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Literary Chinese terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "May we not meet again till death!",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Classical Chinese",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " Commentary of Zuo, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE",
          "roman": "Bù jí huángquán, wú xiàngjiàn yě!",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "不及黃泉,無相見也!",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "May we not meet again till death!",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Classical Chinese",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " Commentary of Zuo, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE",
          "roman": "Bù jí huángquán, wú xiàngjiàn yě!",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "不及黄泉,无相见也!",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "underworld; the land of the dead"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "underworld",
          "underworld"
        ],
        [
          "land",
          "land"
        ],
        [
          "dead",
          "dead"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) underworld; the land of the dead"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huángquán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄑㄩㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wong⁴ cyun⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vòng-chhièn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vòng-chhàn"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "hông-choân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huángquán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄑㄩㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huángcyuán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huang²-chʻüan²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hwáng-chywán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hwangchyuan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "хуанцюань"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xuancjuanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wòhng chyùhn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wong⁴ tsyn⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wong⁴ qun⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɔːŋ²¹ t͡sʰyːn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vòng-chhièn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vòng-chhàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vong^ˇ qien^ˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vong^ˇ can^ˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vong² qian²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vong² can²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/voŋ¹¹ t͡sʰi̯en¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/voŋ¹¹ t͡sʰan¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vòng-chhièn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vong^ˇ qien^ˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vong² qian²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/voŋ¹¹ t͡sʰi̯en¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hông-choân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hông-tsuân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hongzoaan"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡suan²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡suan²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔŋ¹³⁻²² t͡suan¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡suan²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔŋ²³⁻³³ t͡suan²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hwang dzjwen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*N-kʷˤaŋ s-N-ɢʷar/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ɡʷaːŋ sɡʷen/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɔːŋ²¹ t͡sʰyːn²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/voŋ¹¹ t͡sʰi̯en¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/voŋ¹¹ t͡sʰan¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/voŋ¹¹ t͡sʰi̯en¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡suan²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡suan²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔŋ¹³⁻²² t͡suan¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡suan²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔŋ²³⁻³³ t͡suan²³/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*N-kʷˤaŋ s-N-ɢʷar/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*ɡʷaːŋ sɡʷen/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "lǎojiā",
      "sense": "underworld",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "euphemistic",
        "figuratively",
        "humorous"
      ],
      "word": "老家"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yīnjiān",
      "sense": "underworld",
      "word": "陰間"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yīnjiān",
      "sense": "underworld",
      "word": "阴间"
    }
  ],
  "word": "黃泉"
}

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