金步搖

See also: 金步摇

Chinese

		metal; gold; money
trad. (金步搖)		金	步搖
simp. (金步摇)		金	步摇

Etymology

金 (gold) + 步 (step) + 搖 (to sway back and forth)

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīnbùyáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄠˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīnbùyáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jinbùyáo
    • Wade–Giles: chin¹-pu⁴-yao²
    • Yale: jīn-bù-yáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinbuhyau
    • Palladius: цзиньбуяо (czinʹbujao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ jɑʊ̯³⁵/

Noun

金步搖

1. (archaic) a type of head ornament that was inserted just beneath a hair bun, it had gold and pearls which dangled from it as one walked
   • 806: Bai Juyi, Song of Everlasting Regret

     雲鬢花顏金步搖／云鬓花颜金步摇 [Classical Chinese]  ―  yúnbìn huāyán jīnbùyáo [Pinyin]  ―  She had dark black hair, and the face of a flower, with golden jewelry dangling from her hair