虞美人

Chinese

		forewarned; peace; worry	beautiful woman; beauty; lovely lady beautiful woman; beauty; lovely lady; royal consort
trad. (虞美人)		虞	美人
simp. #(虞美人)		虞	美人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yúměirén

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˊ ㄇㄟˇ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴ mei⁵ jan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yúměirén
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˊ ㄇㄟˇ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yúměirén
    • Wade–Giles: yü²-mei³-jên²
    • Yale: yú-měi-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yumeeiren
    • Palladius: юймэйжэнь (jujmɛjžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y³⁵ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yúměirénr
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˊ ㄇㄟˇ ㄖㄣˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yúměirénr
    • Wade–Giles: yü²-mei³-jên²-ʼrh
    • Yale: yú-měi-rénr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yumeeirel
    • Palladius: юймэйжэньр (jujmɛjžɛnʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y³⁵ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐəɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁴ mei⁵ jan⁴
    • Yale: yùh méih yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴ mei⁵ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴ méi⁵ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹ mei̯¹³ jɐn²¹/

Proper noun

虞美人

1. (historical) Yu the Beauty; Consort Yu (concubine of the warlord Xiang Yu)

Noun

虞美人

1. common poppy (Papaver rhoeas)
2. (poetry) name of a cipai (tune pattern)

Synonyms

• (common poppy): (Hokkien) 鴉片花／鸦片花