華胥

Chinese

		flowery; flourishing; magnificent flowery; flourishing; magnificent; your; grey; corona; time; essence; China; Chinese; name of a mountain	all; assist; to store
trad. (華胥)		華	胥
simp. (华胥)		华	胥

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Huáxū

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄒㄩ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Huáxū
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄒㄩ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Huásyu
  - Wade–Giles: Hua²-hsü¹
  - Yale: Hwá-syū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Hwashiu
  - Palladius: Хуасюй (Xuasjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä³⁵ ɕy⁵⁵/

Proper noun

華胥

(Chinese mythology) mythological civilisation to the south of Mount Hua; ideal state
(Chinese mythology) mother of Fuxi
(～鎮) Huaxu (a town in Lantian, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China)

Derived terms

華胥世 / 华胥世
華胥之夢 / 华胥之梦
華胥調 / 华胥调

Noun

華胥

(figurative) dream; dreamland

Japanese

Kanji in this term
華	胥
か Grade: S	しょ Hyōgai
kan'on

Etymology

Literary Chinese 華胥 (Huáxū, “Huaxu”), from the chapter "Yellow Emperor" of Liezi, in which the Yellow Emperor dreamt of a paradise of this name during his nap.

Noun

華(か)胥(しょ) • (kasho)

(literary) synonym of 昼寝 (hirune, “afternoon nap”)
華(か)胥(しょ)の国(くに)に遊(あそ)ぶ
kasho no kuni ni asobu
to have a good nap
(literally, “to enjoy some leisure time in the land of Huaxu”)