胭脂

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Chinese

phonetic
trad. (胭脂) 胭 脂
simp. #(胭脂) 胭 脂
alternative forms 焉支
燕支
撚支
臙脂

Etymology

Borrowed from Xiongnu. Cognate with 閼氏／阏氏 (yānzhī), and probably also 焉耆 (Yānqí).

Pronunciation

Noun

胭脂

  1. rouge; fard
  2. (Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka, Malaysian and Singapore Hokkien, Dungan) lipstick
    點胭脂／点胭脂 [Taiwanese Hokkien]  ―  tiám ian-chi [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to put on lipstick

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 口紅 (“lipstick”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 口脂
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 口紅, 脣膏
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 口紅
Singapore 口紅
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 口紅
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 口紅
Central Plains Mandarin Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 胭脂
Southwestern Mandarin Guilin 口紅
Cantonese Guangzhou 脣膏, 口脣膏
Hong Kong 脣膏
Taishan 脣膏
Taishan (Guanghai) 嘴脣膏, 脣膏
Kaiping (Chikan) 口脣膏
Dongguan 脣膏
Mandalay (Taishan) 口脣紅
Gan Nanchang 口紅
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 胭脂, 口紅, 酷姬美麗
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 胭脂, 口紅, 酷姬美麗
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 胭脂, 口紅, 酷姬美麗
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 胭脂, 口紅, 酷姬美麗
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 胭脂, 口紅, 酷姬美麗
Jin Taiyuan 口紅
Southern Min Xiamen 脣紅
Quanzhou 脣紅
Zhangzhou 脣紅
Taipei 胭脂
Kaohsiung 胭脂
Yilan 胭脂
Changhua (Lukang) 胭脂
Taichung 胭脂
Taichung (Wuqi) 胭脂
Tainan 胭脂
Taitung 胭脂
Hsinchu 胭脂
Penghu (Magong) 胭脂
Penang (Hokkien) 胭脂
Singapore (Hokkien) 脣紅, 胭脂
Manila (Hokkien) 脣紅, 胭脂
Leizhou 喙脣紅
Haikou 喙脣紅
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 口紅
Wu Shanghai 嘴脣膏
Suzhou 嘴脣膏, 口紅
Wenzhou 嘴脣膏

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (胭脂):
  • → Japanese: 臙(えん)脂(じ) (enji)
  • → Korean: 연지(臙脂) (yeonji)
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