佳人薄命

Chinese

		beautiful woman; good person	born under an unlucky star; born unlucky; ill-fated
trad. (佳人薄命)		佳人	薄命
simp. #(佳人薄命)		佳人	薄命

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiārénbómìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚ ㄖㄣˊ ㄅㄛˊ ㄇㄧㄥˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiārénbómìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚ ㄖㄣˊ ㄅㄛˊ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiarénbómìng
    • Wade–Giles: chia¹-jên²-po²-ming⁴
    • Yale: jyā-rén-bwó-mìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiarenborminq
    • Palladius: цзяжэньбомин (czjažɛnʹbomin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵ pu̯ɔ³⁵ miŋ⁵¹/

Idiom

佳人薄命

1. a fair lady's destiny is thin indeed; whom the gods love die young

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (佳人薄命):

• → Japanese: 佳人薄命(かじんはくめい) (kajin hakumei)
• → Korean: 가인박명(佳人薄命) (gainbangmyeong)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
佳	人	薄	命
か Grade: S	じん Grade: 1	はく Grade: S	めい Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

• From Middle Chinese: 自古紅顏多薄命

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ka̠ʑĩɰ̃ha̠kɯ̟ᵝme̞ː]

Noun

佳(か)人(じん)薄(はく)命(めい) • (kajinhakumei) 

1. Whom the gods love dies young. Lit. A fair lady's destiny is thin indeed.

Synonyms

• 美人薄命

References

• The Kōjien (広辞苑) Dictionary of the Japanese Language, 5th edition, Iwanami Shoten Publishing, Tokyo.