嬉皮

See also: 西皮

Chinese

		amusement	leather; skin; fur
simp. and trad. (嬉皮)		嬉	皮
variant forms		嬉痞

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English hippie, influenced by native Chinese 嬉皮笑臉／嬉皮笑脸 (“smiling ingratiatingly and frivolously”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xīpí

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄆㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hei¹ pei⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: xīpí
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄆㄧˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shipyi
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ pʰi³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    嬉皮
    西皮
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hei¹ pei⁴
  - Yale: hēi pèih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hei¹ pei⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: héi¹ péi⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /hei̯⁵⁵ pʰei̯²¹/

Noun

嬉皮

hippie; hippy

Synonyms

嬉皮士 (xīpíshì)

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