葷腥

See also: 荤腥

Chinese

		meat dish	fishy (smell)
trad. (葷腥)		葷	腥
simp. (荤腥)		荤	腥

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hūnxīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄣ ㄒㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fan¹ seng¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hun-seng
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹huen-shin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hūnxīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄣ ㄒㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hunsing
    • Wade–Giles: hun¹-hsing¹
    • Yale: hwūn-syīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huenshing
    • Palladius: хуньсин (xunʹsin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ən⁵⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fan¹ seng¹
    • Yale: fān sēng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fan¹ seng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fen¹ séng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐn⁵⁵ sɛːŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hun-seng
    • Tâi-lô: hun-sing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hunsefng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hun³³ siɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hun⁴⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹huen-shin
    • MiniDict: huen^平 shin
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹hun-xin
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /huən⁵⁵ ɕin²¹/

Noun

葷腥

1. meat and fish

   • 我三天勿吃葷腥就邪氣難對。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
     我三天勿吃荤腥就邪气难对。 [Shanghainese, simp.]

     From: 2007, 上海話大词典, page 63

     ⁶ngu ¹se-thi 勿-chiq ¹huen-shin ⁶zhieu ⁶zhia-chi ⁶ne-te [Wugniu]

     Life for me would be very difficult if I were to not eat meat for three days.