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

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

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]

Without 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): ㄆㄧㄈㄚˋ ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄖㄣˋ, ㄆㄧㄈㄚˇ ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄖㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pei¹ faat³ zo² jam⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pīfàzuǒrèn
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄈㄚˋ 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 t͡su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pīfǎzuǒrèn [Phonetic: pīfázuǒrèn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄈㄚˇ 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 t͡su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - 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

dress like a barbarian; uncivilised

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