花雅之爭

See also: 花雅之争

Chinese

		flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern	elegant	's; him/her/it; this	struggle; fight
trad. (花雅之爭)		花	雅	之	爭
simp. (花雅之争)		花	雅	之	争

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huāyǎzhīzhēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚ ㄧㄚˇ ㄓ ㄓㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faa¹ ngaa⁵ zi¹ zang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huāyǎzhīzhēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚ ㄧㄚˇ ㄓ ㄓㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huayǎjhihjheng
    • Wade–Giles: hua¹-ya³-chih¹-chêng¹
    • Yale: hwā-yǎ-jr̄-jēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huayeajyjeng
    • Palladius: хуаячжичжэн (xuajačžičžɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵⁵ jä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faa¹ ngaa⁵ zi¹ zang¹
    • Yale: fā ngáh jī jāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faa¹ ngaa⁵ dzi¹ dzang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fa¹ nga⁵ ji¹ zeng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faː⁵⁵ ŋaː¹³ t͡siː⁵⁵ t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

花雅之爭

1. (historical, music) the struggle for audience between Kunqu (“elegant” classical opera dating from the Ming Dynasty) and luantan (newer, flashier/more raucous forms of “local opera”) during the Qing Dynasty in China