一顰一笑

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	knit the brows	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	laugh; smile
trad. (一顰一笑)		一	顰	一	笑
simp. (一颦一笑)		一	颦	一	笑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīpínyīxiào

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄆㄧㄣˊ ㄧ ㄒㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ pan⁴ jat¹ siu³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīpínyīxiào [Phonetic: yìpínyíxiào]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄆㄧㄣˊ ㄧ ㄒㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yipínyisiào
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-pʻin²-i¹-hsiao⁴
    • Yale: yī-pín-yī-syàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ipynishiaw
    • Palladius: ипиньисяо (ipinʹisjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ pʰin³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ pan⁴ jat¹ siu³
    • Yale: yāt pàhn yāt siu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ pan⁴ jat⁷ siu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ pen⁴ yed¹ xiu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ pʰɐn²¹ jɐt̚⁵ siːu̯³³/

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• Middle Chinese: 'jit bjin 'jit sjewH

Rime
Character	一	顰	笑
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	並 (3)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	質 (48)	眞 (43)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	於悉切	符眞切	私妙切
Baxter	'jit	bjin	sjewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔiɪt̚/	/biɪn/	/siᴇuH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔit̚/	/bin/	/siɛuH/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔjet̚/	/bjen/	/sjæuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔit̚/	/bin/	/siawH/
Li Rong	/ʔiĕt̚/	/biĕn/	/siɛuH/
Wang Li	/ĭĕt̚/	/bĭĕn/	/sĭɛuH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔi̯ĕt̚/	/bʱi̯ĕn/	/si̯ɛuH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yi	pín	xiào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jat1	pan4	siu3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qliɡ  bin  qliɡ  sqʰows/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	一	笑
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yī	xiào
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔjit ›	‹ sjewH ›
Old Chinese	/*ʔi[t]/	/*[s-l]aw-s/
English	one	to laugh
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	一	顰	笑
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1
No.	14833	9797	14621
Phonetic component	一	頻	夭
Rime group	質	眞	宵
Rime subdivision	2	1	3
Corresponding MC rime	一	頻	𥬇
Old Chinese	/*qliɡ/	/*bin/	/*sqʰows/
Notes			原下從犬，注或作此。漢書作八下夭

Idiom

一顰一笑

1. every frown and smile; every facial expression

See also

• 一舉一動／一举一动 (yījǔyīdòng)