霓裳羽衣はごろも

Chinese

		nichang, rainbow-coloured clothes worn by the eight immortals	Daoist priest; plumage
trad. (霓裳羽衣はごろも)		霓裳	羽衣はごろも
simp. #(霓裳羽衣はごろも)		霓裳	羽衣はごろも

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Níchángyǔyī

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˊ ㄔㄤˊ ㄩˇ ㄧ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Níchángyǔyī
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ ㄔㄤˊ ㄩˇ ㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Níchángyǔyi
    • Wade–Giles: Ni²-chʻang²-yü³-i¹
    • Yale: Ní-cháng-yǔ-yī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Nicharngyeui
    • Palladius: Ничанъюйи (Ničanʺjuji)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵⁵/

Proper noun

霓裳羽衣はごろも

1. (archaic) Song of rainbow skirts and feather robes (a famous musical composition from the Tang Dynasty)

   • 漁りょう陽ひ鼙鼓こ動どう地ち來き，驚おどろき破やぶ霓裳羽衣はごろも曲きょく。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     渔阳鼙鼓こ动地ち来き，惊破やぶ霓裳羽衣はごろも曲きょく。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 806: Bai Juyi, Song of Everlasting Regret
     Note: Yuyang county is now known as Miyun County. The capital city of Yuyang county was Fanyang. An Lushan was the regional military governor of Fanyang during this time. It was from there that he staged the An Lushan Rebellion, which forced the emperor to flee the capital.

     Yúyáng pí gǔ dòng dì lái, jīng pò nícháng yǔyī qǔ. [Pinyin]

     The sound of the war drums from Yuyang began to shake the earth,
     And broke the spell of the Song of rainbow skirts and feather robes.

Derived terms

• 霓裳羽衣はごろも曲きょく (Níchángyǔyīqǔ)
• 霓裳羽衣はごろも舞まい (Níchángyǔyīwǔ)