回眸一笑

Chinese

		to look back; to glance back	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	laugh; smile
trad. (回眸一笑)		回眸	一	笑
simp. #(回眸一笑)		回眸	一	笑

Etymology

• 806: Bai Juyi, Song of Everlasting Regret

  回眸一笑百媚生 [Classical Chinese]  ―  huímóuyīxiào bǎi mèi shēng [Pinyin]  ―  She could melt one's heart with her attractive smile […]

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	回	眸	一	笑
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	明 (4)	影 (34)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)	尤 (136)	質 (48)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III	III	III
Fanqie	戸恢切	莫浮切	於悉切	私妙切
Baxter	hwoj	mjuw	'jit	sjewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦuʌi/	/mɨu/	/ʔiɪt̚/	/siᴇuH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦuoi/	/miu/	/ʔit̚/	/siɛuH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɒi/	/miəu/	/ʔjet̚/	/sjæuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwəj/	/muw/	/ʔit̚/	/siawH/
Li Rong	/ɣuᴀi/	/miu/	/ʔiĕt̚/	/siɛuH/
Wang Li	/ɣuɒi/	/mĭəu/	/ĭĕt̚/	/sĭɛuH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣuɑ̆i/	/mi̯ə̯u/	/ʔi̯ĕt̚/	/si̯ɛuH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huí	móu	yi	xiào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wui4	mau4	jat1	siu3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huímóuyīxiào

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄇㄡˊ ㄧ ㄒㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wui⁴ mau⁴ jat¹ siu³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huímóuyīxiào [Phonetic: huímóuyíxiào]
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄇㄡˊ ㄧ ㄒㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huéimóuyisiào
    • Wade–Giles: hui²-mou²-i¹-hsiao⁴
    • Yale: hwéi-móu-yī-syàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hweimouishiaw
    • Palladius: хуэймоуисяо (xuejmouisjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ moʊ̯³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wui⁴ mau⁴ jat¹ siu³
    • Yale: wùih màuh yāt siu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wui⁴ mau⁴ jat⁷ siu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: wui⁴ meo⁴ yed¹ xiu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːi̯²¹ mɐu̯²¹ jɐt̚⁵ siːu̯³³/

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• Middle Chinese: hwoj mjuw 'jit sjewH

Idiom

回眸一笑

1. to smile attractively; an attractive smile

   • 鞏俐亮相黃金甲香港首映　回眸一笑不慎露點 [MSC, trad.]
     巩俐亮相黄金甲香港首映　回眸一笑不慎露点 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2006: anon., ent.people.com.cn

     Gǒng Lì liàngxiàng Huángjīnjiǎ Xiānggǎng shǒuyìng, huímóuyīxiào bùshèn lùdiǎn [Pinyin]

     Smiling attractively at the Hong Kong premiere of Curse of the Golden Flower, Gong Li reveals more cleavage than she bargained for

Synonyms

• 嫣然一笑