花柳

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huāliǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚㄌㄧㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): faa¹ lau⁵
Wu (Wiktionary): ho lieu (T1)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: huāliǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚㄌㄧㄡˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hualeou
  - IPA ^(key): /xu̯a̠⁵⁵ li̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: faa¹ lau⁵
  - Yale: fā láuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faa¹ lau⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: fa¹ leo⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /faː⁵⁵ lɐu̯¹³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: ho lieu (T1)
  - IPA ^(key): /ho⁵⁵ liɜ²¹/

Noun

花柳

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

Synonyms

(brothel):

Synonyms of 花柳

勾欄／勾栏 (gōulán) (archaic)
堂子 (tángzi)
妓院 (jìyuàn)
妓館／妓馆 (jìguǎn)
娼寮 (chāngliáo)
婊仔間／婊仔间 (Min Nan)
婊間／婊间 (Min Nan)
暗間仔／暗间仔 (Min Nan)
查某孫間／查某孙间 (Min Nan)

查某間／查某间 (Min Nan)
窯子／窑子 (yáozi) (colloquial)
花間／花间 (Min Nan)
花間仔／花间仔 (Min Nan)
趁食間／趁食间 (Min Nan)
跤梢間仔／跤梢间仔 (Min Nan)
間仔／间仔 (Min Nan)
間仔底／间仔底 (Min Nan)
青樓／青楼 (qīnglóu)

Derived terms

花柳之姿
花柳叢／花柳丛

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

花柳 (hiragana かりゅう, rōmaji karyū)

(obsolete) red-light district

Derived terms

花柳界
花柳病

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