烏紗帽

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Chinese

		black yarn	hat; cap
trad. (烏紗帽)		烏紗	帽
simp. (乌纱帽)		乌纱	帽

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wūshāmào

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄕㄚㄇㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wu¹ saa¹ mou^6-2
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): o͘-se-bō

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wūshāmào
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄕㄚㄇㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wushamào
  - Wade–Giles: wu¹-sha¹-mao⁴
  - Yale: wū-shā-màu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ushamaw
  - Palladius: ушамао (ušamao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁵ ʂä⁵⁵ mɑʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wūshāmàor
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄕㄚㄇㄠˋㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wushamàor
  - Wade–Giles: wu¹-sha¹-mao⁴-ʼrh
  - Yale: wū-shā-màur
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ushamawl
  - Palladius: ушамаор (ušamaor)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁵ ʂä⁵⁵ maʊ̯ɻʷ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wu¹ saa¹ mou^6-2
  - Yale: wū sā móu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wu¹ saa¹ mou^6-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: wu¹ sa¹ mou^6-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː⁵⁵ saː⁵⁵ mou̯²²⁻³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o͘-se-bō
  - Tâi-lô: oo-se-bō
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ose'boi
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² se⁴⁴⁻²² bo²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔ³³ se³³ bo⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² se⁴⁴⁻²² bo²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ se⁴⁴⁻³³ bo³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ se⁴⁴⁻³³ bɤ³³/

Noun

烏紗帽

(historical) black hat worn by officials in imperial China
(figurative) official post; official position
烏紗帽不保／乌纱帽不保 ― wūshāmào bù bǎo ― (of an official) prone to being fired or ousted

Synonyms

(black hat): 紗帽／纱帽 (shāmào), 烏紗／乌纱 (wūshā)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (烏紗帽):

→ Korean: 오사모(烏紗帽) (osamo)

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