紅男綠女

Chinese

		red; revolutionary; prosperity red; revolutionary; prosperity; bonus; popular	male	green	female; woman; daughter
trad. (紅男綠女)		紅	男	綠	女
simp. (红男绿女)		红	男	绿	女

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hóngnánlǜnǚ

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄋㄢˊ ㄌㄩˋ ㄋㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hung⁴ naam⁴ luk⁶ neoi⁵
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fùng-nàm-liu̍k-ńg

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hóngnánlǜnǚ
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄋㄢˊ ㄌㄩˋ ㄋㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hóngnánlyùnyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: hung²-nan²-lü⁴-nü³
  - Yale: húng-nán-lyù-nyǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: horngnanliuhneu
  - Palladius: хуннаньлюйнюй (xunnanʹljujnjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ³⁵ nän³⁵ ly⁵¹ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hung⁴ naam⁴ luk⁶ neoi⁵
  - Yale: hùhng nàahm luhk néuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hung⁴ naam⁴ luk⁹ noey⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: hung⁴ nam⁴ lug⁶ nêu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ²¹ naːm²¹ lʊk̚² nɵy̯¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fùng-nàm-liu̍k-ńg
  - Hakka Romanization System: fung^ˇ nam^ˇ liug ng^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fung² nam² liug⁶ ng³
  - Sinological IPA: /fuŋ¹¹ nam¹¹ li̯uk̚⁵ ŋ̍³¹/

Idiom

紅男綠女

young men and women in colorful clothes
- (Can we date this quote?), “客家世界”, 黃連煜 (lyrics), 黃連煜 (music)‎^[1]:
  
  紅男綠女歡歡喜喜　牽手鬧洋洋 [Sixian Hakka, trad.]
  红男绿女欢欢喜喜　牵手闹洋洋 [Sixian Hakka, simp.]
  fùng-nàm-liu̍k-ńg fôn-fôn-hí-hí, khiên-sú nau-yòng-yòng [Pha̍k-fa-sṳ]
  Young men and women in colourful clothes are joyous, holding hands and bustling