斷袖

斷袖

Chinese

		to break; to judge; absolutely to break; to judge; absolutely; decidedly	sleeve
trad. (斷袖)		斷	袖
simp. (断袖)		断	袖
Literally: “cut sleeve”.

Etymology

From the story of Emperor Ai of Han with his official Dong Xian.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): duànxiù

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dyun⁶ zau⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: duànxiù
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: duànsiòu
    • Wade–Giles: tuan⁴-hsiu⁴
    • Yale: dwàn-syòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duannshiow
    • Palladius: дуаньсю (duanʹsju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /twän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕjoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: dyun⁶ zau⁶
    • Yale: dyuhn jauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dyn⁶ dzau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: dün⁶ zeo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tyːn²² t͡sɐu̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: /tuɑn^X|duɑn^X  zɨu^H/

Rime
Character	斷	斷	袖
Reading #	1/3	2/3	1/1
Initial (聲)	端 (5)	定 (7)	邪 (17)
Final (韻)	桓 (62)	桓 (62)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	I	III
Fanqie	都管切	徒管切	似祐切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tuɑnX/	/duɑnX/	/zɨuH/
Pan Wuyun	/tʷɑnX/	/dʷɑnX/	/ziuH/
Shao Rongfen	/tuɑnX/	/duɑnX/	/ziəuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/twanX/	/dwanX/	/zuwH/
Li Rong	/tuɑnX/	/duɑnX/	/ziuH/
Wang Li	/tuɑnX/	/duɑnX/	/zĭəuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/tuɑnX/	/dʱuɑnX/	/zi̯ə̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	duǎn	duàn	xiù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dyun2	dyun6	zau6

Noun

斷袖

1. (figuratively) male homosexuality
2. (figuratively) male homosexual; gay

Synonyms

• (male homosexual) 男同性戀／男同性恋 (nántóngxìngliàn), 男同 (nántóng); (figurative) 斷袖／断袖 (duànxiù); (Wu) 後蓋／后盖

Derived terms

斷袖之契／断袖之契 斷袖之好／断袖之好 斷袖之寵／断袖之宠 斷袖之癖／断袖之癖 (duànxiùzhīpǐ)

斷袖分桃／断袖分桃 斷袖癖／断袖癖 斷袖餘桃／断袖余桃 (duànxiùyútáo) 餘桃斷袖／余桃断袖

See also

• 斷臂／断臂 (duànbì)