薙髮

Chinese

		shave; to weed	hair
trad. (薙髮)		薙	髮
simp. (薙发)		薙	发

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tìfà, tìfǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧˋ ㄈㄚˋ, ㄊㄧˋ ㄈㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tai³ faat³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tìfà
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧˋ ㄈㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tìfà
    • Wade–Giles: tʻi⁴-fa⁴
    • Yale: tì-fà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tihfah
    • Palladius: тифа (tifa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi⁵¹⁻⁵³ fä⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tìfǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧˋ ㄈㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tìfǎ
    • Wade–Giles: tʻi⁴-fa³
    • Yale: tì-fǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tihfaa
    • Palladius: тифа (tifa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi⁵¹ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tai³ faat³
    • Yale: tai faat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tai³ faat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: tei³ fad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐi̯³³ faːt̚³/

Verb

薙髮

1. to shave one's head (to become a monk or nun, or to wear a queue as mandated of all males by the Qing government)