披髮左衽

披髮左衽

Chinese

		scatter; separate; to open scatter; separate; to open; to unroll; to spread out	hair	left	overlapping part of Chinese gown
trad. (披髮左衽)		披	髮	左	衽
simp. (披发左衽)		披	发	左	衽
alternative forms		被髮左衽／被发左衽

Etymology

From Analects

微管仲，吾其披髮左衽矣。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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微管仲，吾其披发左衽矣。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE

Wēi Guǎn Zhòng, wú qí pīfàzuǒrèn yǐ. [Pinyin]

But for Guan Zhong, we should now be wearing our hair unbound, and the lappets of our coats buttoning on the left side.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pīfàzuǒrèn, pīfǎzuǒrèn

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧ ㄈㄚˋ ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄖㄣˋ, ㄆㄧ ㄈㄚˇ ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄖㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pei¹ faat³ zo² jam⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pīfàzuǒrèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧ ㄈㄚˋ ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄖㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pifàzuǒrèn
    • Wade–Giles: pʻi¹-fa⁴-tso³-jên⁴
    • Yale: pī-fà-dzwǒ-rèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pifahtzuoorenn
    • Palladius: пифацзожэнь (pifaczožɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi⁵⁵ fä⁵¹ t͡swɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʐən⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pīfǎzuǒrèn [Phonetic: pīfázuǒrèn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧ ㄈㄚˇ ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄖㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pifǎzuǒrèn
    • Wade–Giles: pʻi¹-fa³-tso³-jên⁴
    • Yale: pī-fǎ-dzwǒ-rèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pifaatzuoorenn
    • Palladius: пифацзожэнь (pifaczožɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi⁵⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡swɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʐən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: pei¹ faat³ zo² jam⁶
    • Yale: pēi faat jó yahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pei¹ faat⁸ dzo² jam⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: péi¹ fad³ zo² yem⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰei̯⁵⁵ faːt̚³ t͡sɔː³⁵ jɐm²²/

Idiom

披髮左衽

1. dress like a barbarian; uncivilised