步搖

See also: 步摇

Chinese

		a step; a pace; walk a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process	shake; to rock
trad. (步搖)		步	搖
simp. (步摇)		步	摇

步搖

Etymology

This type of headpiece had dangling gold and pearl pieces which would sway back and forth as one walked.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùyáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou⁶ jiu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùyáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùyáo
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-yao²
    • Yale: bù-yáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buhyau
    • Palladius: буяо (bujao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ jɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou⁶ jiu⁴
    • Yale: bouh yìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou⁶ jiu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou⁶ yiu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯²² jiːu̯²¹/

Noun

步搖

1. (archaic) a type of head ornament that was inserted just beneath a hair bun, with gold and pearls dangling from it as one walked

   • 步搖，上有垂珠，步則搖也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     步摇，上有垂珠，步则摇也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Liu Xi, Shiming

     Bùyáo, shàng yǒu chuí zhū, bù zé yáo yě. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 雲鬢花顏金步搖，芙蓉帳暖度春宵。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     云鬓花颜金步摇，芙蓉帐暖度春宵。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 806: Bai Juyi, Song of Everlasting Regret

     Yúnbìn huāyán jīn bùyáo, fúróng zhàng nuǎn dù chūnxiāo. [Pinyin]

     She had curly cloudlike sideburns, and the face of a flower, with golden jewelry dangling from her hair. They spent the spring nights in the warmth of a hibiscus tent.

Derived terms

• 金步搖／金步摇 (jīnbùyáo)

 

References

• “Entry #22259”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.