胡床
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]barbarian; recklessly; surname | bed; couch; (a measure word) | ||
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trad. (胡床/胡牀) | 胡 | 床/牀 | |
simp. (胡床) | 胡 | 床 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ ㄔㄨㄤˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: húchuáng
- Wade–Giles: hu2-chʻuang2
- Yale: hú-chwáng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwuchwang
- Palladius: хучуан (xučuan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xu³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: wu4 cong4
- Yale: wùh chòhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: wu4 tsong4
- Guangdong Romanization: wu4 cong4
- Sinological IPA (key): /wuː²¹ t͡sʰɔːŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
[edit]胡床
- a type of portable folding chair
- 淵在岸上,據胡牀,指麾左右,皆得其宜。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
- From: Liu Yiqing (editor), A New Account of the Tales of the World, 5th century CE
- Yuān zài àn shàng, jù húchuáng, zhǐhuī zuǒyòu, jiē dé qí yí. [Pinyin]
- Dai Yuan sat on the bank on his couch to issue orders, directing the operation with great skill.
渊在岸上,据胡床,指麾左右,皆得其宜。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]- 酒酣耳熱説文章,驚倒隣牆,推倒胡牀。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
- From: c. 1239, Liu Kezhuang(劉克莊),一剪梅•余赴廣東實之夜餞於風亭
- Jiǔhān'ěrrè shuō wénzhāng, jīngdǎo línqiáng, tuīdǎo húchuáng. [Pinyin]
- Hot with liquor, an argument over a poem we've had.
The noise we raise is loud enough to topple a wall,
And all of a sudden, off our chairs we fall.
酒酣耳热说文章,惊倒邻墙,推倒胡床。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]