洞房花燭夜

See also: 洞房花烛夜

Chinese

		secret inner room; bridal chamber	flowered candelabrum of the wedding night; wedding candles in the bridal chamber	night
trad. (洞房花燭夜)		洞房	花燭	夜
simp. (洞房花烛夜)		洞房	花烛	夜
Literally: “spend a candle-lit night in the bridal chamber”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dòngfáng huāzhú yè

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄈㄤˊ ㄏㄨㄚㄓㄨˊ ㄧㄝˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dòngfáng huāzhú yè
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄈㄤˊ ㄏㄨㄚㄓㄨˊ ㄧㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dòngfáng huajhú yè
  - Wade–Giles: tung⁴-fang² hua¹-chu² yeh⁴
  - Yale: dùng-fáng hwā-jú yè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: donqfarng huajwu yeh
  - Palladius: дунфан хуачжу е (dunfan xuačžu je)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵¹ fɑŋ³⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵⁻⁵⁵ jɛ⁵¹/

Idiom

洞房花燭夜

the wedding night

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