嬉皮

See also: 西皮

Chinese

		amusement	leather; skin; fur
trad. (嬉皮)		嬉	皮
simp. #(嬉皮)		嬉	皮
alternative forms		嬉痞

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English hippie, influenced by native Chinese 嬉皮笑臉／嬉皮笑脸 (xīpíxiàoliǎn, “smiling ingratiatingly and frivolously”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīpí

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄆㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei¹ pei⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīpí
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄆㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sipí
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-pʻi²
    • Yale: syī-pí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shipyi
    • Palladius: сипи (sipi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ pʰi³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei¹ pei⁴
    • Yale: hēi pèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei¹ pei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi¹ péi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯⁵⁵ pʰei̯²¹/

Noun

嬉皮

1. hippie; hippy

Synonyms

• 嬉皮士 (xīpíshì)