花柳

Chinese

		flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern	willow
trad. (花柳)		花	柳
simp. ^#(花柳)		花	柳

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huāliǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚㄌㄧㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): faa¹ lau⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹ho-lieu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huāliǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚㄌㄧㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hualiǒu
  - Wade–Giles: hua¹-liu³
  - Yale: hwā-lyǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hualeou
  - Palladius: хуалю (xualju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵⁵ li̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: faa¹ lau⁵
  - Yale: fā láuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faa¹ lau⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: fa¹ leo⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /faː⁵⁵ lɐu̯¹³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹ho-lieu
  - MiniDict: ho^平 lieu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹ho-lieu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ho⁵⁵ liɤ²¹/

Noun

花柳

(literary) red flowers and green willow leaves
(literary, figurative) brothel or prostitute
short for 花柳病 (huāliǔbìng, “sexually transmitted disease”)

Synonyms

(brothel):

個中 / 个中 (gèzhōng) (secret language, obsolete)
勾欄 / 勾栏 (gōulán) (archaic)
半開門 / 半开门 (⁵poe-khe-men) (Wu, dated)
嚮導社 / 向导社 (⁵shian-dau-zo) (Wu, dated)
妓樓 / 妓楼 (jìlóu) (literary)
妓院 (jìyuàn)
妓館 / 妓馆 (jìguǎn) (literary)
娼寮 (chāngliáo) (dated)
娼樓 / 娼楼 (chānglóu) (literary)
娼門 / 娼门 (chāngmén)
書寓 / 书寓 (¹sy-gniu) (Wu, dated)
煙花間 / 烟花间 (¹i-ho-ke) (Wu, dated)
窯 / 窑 (yáo) (colloquial)
窯子 / 窑子 (yáozi) (colloquial)
青樓 / 青楼 (qīnglóu) (literary)

Derived terms

花柳之姿
花柳叢 / 花柳丛
花柳毒
花柳營 / 花柳营
花柳病 (huāliǔbìng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
花	柳
か Grade: 1	りゅう Grade: S
on'yomi

Noun

花(か)柳(りゅう) • (karyū)

(obsolete) red-light district

Derived terms

花柳界(かりゅうかい) (karyūkai)
花柳病(かりゅうびょう) (karyūbyō)