見紅

Chinese

	to see; to meet; to appear to see; to meet; to appear; to interview	red; revolutionary; prosperity red; revolutionary; prosperity; bonus; popular
trad. (見紅)	見	紅
simp. (见红)	见	红
Literally: “to see the red”.

From taboo of mentioning 血 (“blood”).

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiànhóng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiànhóng
  - Wade–Giles: chien⁴-hung²
  - Yale: jyàn-húng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiannhorng
  - Palladius: цзяньхун (czjanʹxun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ xʊŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gin³ hung⁴
  - Yale: gin hùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gin³ hung⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: gin³ hung⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːn³³ hʊŋ²¹/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wugniu: ⁵ci-ghon; ⁵ci ⁶ghon
  - Wiktionary Romanisation: ²ji-hhon; ²ji ³hhon
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³³ ɦoŋ⁴⁴/, /t͡ɕi⁴⁴ ɦoŋ²³/

見紅

(euphemistic, usually of a woman) to bleed (especially during intercourse, menstrual periods, or prior to delivery)

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