聲色犬馬

Chinese

		voice and countenance	dogs and horses; a personal pronoun used by a subject when addressing a monarch
trad. (聲色犬馬)		聲色	犬馬
simp. (声色犬马)		声色	犬马

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shēngsèquǎnmǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄥㄙㄜˋ ㄑㄩㄢˇ ㄇㄚˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shēngsèquǎnmǎ [Phonetic: shēngsèquánmǎ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥㄙㄜˋ ㄑㄩㄢˇ ㄇㄚˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shengsècyuǎnmǎ
  - Wade–Giles: shêng¹-sê⁴-chʻüan³-ma³
  - Yale: shēng-sè-chywǎn-mǎ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengsehcheuanmaa
  - Palladius: шэнсэцюаньма (šɛnsɛcjuanʹma)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ sɤ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

聲色犬馬

sound (i.e. going to the theatre), beauty (i.e. visiting brothels), keeping dogs and riding horses; (figurative) various types of sensual pleasure

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