腥羶

Chinese

		fishy (smell)	rank odour (of sheep or goats)
trad. (腥羶/腥膻)		腥	羶/膻
simp. (腥膻)		腥	膻

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīngshān

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥ ㄕㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing¹ zin¹ / sing¹ saan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīngshān
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥ ㄕㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: singshan
    • Wade–Giles: hsing¹-shan¹
    • Yale: syīng-shān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shingshan
    • Palladius: синшань (sinšanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing¹ zin¹ / sing¹ saan¹
    • Yale: sīng jīn / sīng sāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing¹ dzin¹ / sing¹ saan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing¹ jin¹ / xing¹ san¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡siːn⁵⁵/, /sɪŋ⁵⁵ saːn⁵⁵/

Noun

腥羶

1. (literary, literally) pungent smell of beef and mutton
2. (literary, figuratively) meat; non-vegetarian dish
3. (literary, figuratively, historical) northern invaders
4. (literary, figuratively) bad thing; evil force

Synonyms

• (meat): 葷菜／荤菜 (hūncài), 肉食 (ròushí)