河東獅吼

See also: 河东狮吼

Chinese

		Hedong Commandery	lion	to roar; to shout
trad. (河東獅吼)		河東	獅	吼
simp. (河东狮吼)		河东	狮	吼

Etymology

From a line in the Song-era poem 《寄吳德仁兼簡陳季常》, depicting Chen Zao's overbearing wife, who was originally from the Hedong Commandery.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hédōng-shīhǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄉㄨㄥㄕㄏㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ho⁴ dung¹ si¹ hau³, ho⁴ dung¹ si¹ hau², ho⁴ dung¹ si¹ haau¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hédōng-shīhǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄉㄨㄥㄕㄏㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hédongshihhǒu
  - Wade–Giles: ho²-tung¹-shih¹-hou³
  - Yale: hé-dūng-shr̄-hǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herdongshyhoou
  - Palladius: хэдуншихоу (xɛdunšixou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ xoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ho⁴ dung¹ si¹ hau³, ho⁴ dung¹ si¹ hau², ho⁴ dung¹ si¹ haau¹
  - Yale: hòh dūng sī hau, hòh dūng sī háu, hòh dūng sī hāau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ho⁴ dung¹ si¹ hau³, ho⁴ dung¹ si¹ hau², ho⁴ dung¹ si¹ haau¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ho⁴ dung¹ xi¹ heo³, ho⁴ dung¹ xi¹ heo², ho⁴ dung¹ xi¹ hao¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː²¹ tʊŋ⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵ hɐu̯³³/, /hɔː²¹ tʊŋ⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵ hɐu̯³⁵/, /hɔː²¹ tʊŋ⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵ haːu̯⁵⁵/

Idiom

河東獅吼

the "lioness 's roar", used to describe the loud complaining of an overbearing wife from the perspective of her henpecked husband.

See also

河東獅／河东狮
河東獅子／河东狮子 (hédōngshīzi)

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