削髮

Chinese

		to reduce; to pare (away); to cut (down) to reduce; to pare (away); to cut (down); to scrape	hair
trad. (削髮)		削	髮
simp. (削发)		削	发

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xuēfà, xuèfǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄝㄈㄚˋ, ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄈㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): soek³ faat³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xuēfà
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝㄈㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syuefà
  - Wade–Giles: hsüeh¹-fa⁴
  - Yale: sywē-fà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuefah
  - Palladius: сюэфа (sjuefa)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛ⁵⁵ fä⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xuèfǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄈㄚˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syuèfǎ
  - Wade–Giles: hsüeh⁴-fa³
  - Yale: sywè-fǎ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuehfaa
  - Palladius: сюэфа (sjuefa)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: soek³ faat³
  - Yale: seuk faat
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soek⁸ faat⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêg³ fad³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːk̚³ faːt̚³/

Verb

削髮

(especially of a monk or nun) to shave one's head; to take the tonsure

Synonyms

落髮／落发 (luòfà)
(Leizhou Min) 落毛

Derived terms

削髮披緇 / 削发披缁
削髮為僧 / 削发为僧
削髮為尼 / 削发为尼