風騷

See also: 风骚

Chinese

		wind; news; style wind; news; style; custom; manner	to bother; to annoy; to have sex appeal
trad. (風騷)		風	騷
simp. (风骚)		风	骚

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēngsāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄥ ㄙㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fung¹ sou¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hong-so

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēngsāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄥ ㄙㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fongsao
    • Wade–Giles: fêng¹-sao¹
    • Yale: fēng-sāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fengsau
    • Palladius: фэнсао (fɛnsao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ⁵⁵ sɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fung¹ sou¹
    • Yale: fūng sōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fung¹ sou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fung¹ sou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊŋ⁵⁵ sou̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hong-so
    • Tâi-lô: hong-so
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hongsoy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² so⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ³³ so³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² so⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ so⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sɤ⁴⁴/

Noun

風騷

1. (literally) Guo Feng ("Airs of the States", a section of the Classic of Poetry) and the Li Sao (a famous Chinese poem)
2. (figurative, in general) literature; literary works
3. (figurative) literary grace; literary talent

Synonyms

• (literature):

• 典籍 (diǎnjí) (classical literature)
• 古事 (gǔshì) (literary)
• 文學／文学 (wénxué)
• 文獻／文献 (wénxiàn)
• 文籍 (wénjí) (literary)
• 詩書／诗书 (shīshū)

 

• (literary grace): 文采 (wéncǎi)

Derived terms

• 獨領風騷／独领风骚
• 賣弄風騷／卖弄风骚
• 領風騷／领风骚

 

Adjective

風騷

1. (figurative) coquettish; shapely; attractive; flirtatious (usually of a woman)

Synonyms

• 輕佻／轻佻 (qīngtiāo)

Derived terms

• 風騷娘們／风骚娘们