花柳毒

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Chinese

		red flowers and green willow leaves; brothel or prostitute	poison; narcotics
trad. (花柳毒)		花柳	毒
simp. ^#(花柳毒)		花柳	毒

Pronunciation

Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hua¹ liu³ dorh⁷

Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: hua¹ liu³ dorh⁷
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: hua-liû-do̤̍h
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hua⁵³³⁻¹¹ liu⁴⁵³⁻¹¹ tɒʔ⁴/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: hua¹ liu³ dorh⁷
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hua⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ liu³³²⁻²¹ tɒʔ⁴/

Noun

花柳毒

(Puxian Min) venereal disease; sexually transmitted disease

Synonyms

性傳播感染 / 性传播感染 (xìng chuánbō gǎnrǎn)
性病 (xìngbìng)
暗病 (Hakka, Quanzhou Hokkien)
歹囝症 (Hokkien)
腌臢病 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
花柳病 (huāliǔbìng) (dated)
陰症 / 阴症 (Hokkien)

References

莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 , editor (2021), “花柳毒”, in 莆仙方言大词典 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 285.

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