# 胭脂
## Chinese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Xiongnu. Cognate with 閼氏／阏氏 (yānzhī), and probably also 焉耆 (Yānqí).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): yānzhi, yānzhī
       (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢ ˙ㄓ, ㄧㄢ ㄓ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): yan$^1$ zi$^1$
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): янзы (i͡anzɨ, I-I)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jin$^1$ zi$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yên-chṳ̂ / yân-chṳ̂
* Jin (Wiktionary): ie$^1$ zi$^2$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ian-chi
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$i-tsy
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yānzhi
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄢ ˙ㄓ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yanjhi̊h
*** Wade–Giles: yen$^1$-chih$^5$
*** Yale: yān-jr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ian.jy
*** Palladius: яньчжи (janʹčži)
*** Sinological IPA : /jɛn⁵⁵ ɖ͡ʐ̥ʐ̩²/
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yānzhī
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄢ ㄓ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yanjhih
*** Wade–Giles: yen$^1$-chih$^1$
*** Yale: yān-jr̄
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ianjy
*** Palladius: яньчжи (janʹčži)
*** Sinological IPA : /jɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$焉知 胭脂 閼氏／阏氏
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: yan$^1$ zi$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ianz
*** Sinological IPA : /iɛn⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵⁵/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: янзы (i͡anzɨ, I-I)
*** Sinological IPA : /iæ̃²⁴ t͡sz̩²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jin$^1$ zi$^1$
*** Yale: yīn jī
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jin$^1$ dzi$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yin$^1$ ji$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /jiːn⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$焉知 胭脂
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yên-chṳ̂
*** Hakka Romanization System: ien$^ˊ$ zii$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yan$^1$ zi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /i̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sɨ²⁴/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yân-chṳ̂
*** Hakka Romanization System: (r)ian$^ˊ$ zii$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yan$^1$ zi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯an²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sɨ²⁴/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: ie$^1$ zi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /ie¹¹ t͡sz̩⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ian-chi
*** Tâi-lô: ian-tsi
*** Phofsit Daibuun: iency
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /iɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡si⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /iɛn³³ t͡si³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore): /iɛn⁴⁴⁻²² t͡si⁴⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$i-tsy
*** MiniDict: i$^平$ tsy
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$i-tsr
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /i⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹/

### Noun

胭脂
* rouge; fard
* (Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka, Malaysian and Singapore Hokkien, Dungan) lipstick
    點胭脂／点胭脂 [Taiwanese Hokkien] ― tiám ian-chi [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― to put on lipstick

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 口脂 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 口紅, 脣膏 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 口紅 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 口紅 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 口紅 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 口紅 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 胭脂 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 口紅 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 脣膏, 口脣膏 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 脣膏 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 脣膏 |
| Cantonese | Taishan (Guanghai) | 嘴脣膏, 脣膏 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 口脣膏 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 脣膏 |
| Cantonese | Mandalay (Taishan) | 口脣紅 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 口紅 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 胭脂, 口紅, 酷姬美麗 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 胭脂, 口紅, 酷姬美麗 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 胭脂, 口紅, 酷姬美麗 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 胭脂, 口紅, 酷姬美麗 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 胭脂, 口紅, 酷姬美麗 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 口紅 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 脣紅 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 脣紅 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 脣紅 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 胭脂 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 胭脂 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 胭脂 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 胭脂 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 胭脂 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 胭脂 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 胭脂 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 胭脂 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 胭脂 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 胭脂 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 胭脂 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 脣紅, 胭脂 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 脣紅, 胭脂 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 喙脣紅 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 喙脣紅 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 口紅 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 嘴脣膏 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 嘴脣膏, 口紅 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 嘴脣膏 |

#### Derived terms

* 胭脂井
* 胭脂粉
* 胭脂紅／胭脂红
* 胭脂花
* 胭脂花粉
* 胭脂菜
* 胭脂虎
* 胭脂蟲／胭脂虫
* 胭脂馬／胭脂马

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 臙(えん)脂(じ) (enji)
* → Korean: 연지(臙脂) (yeonji)