# 朱門酒肉臭，路有凍死骨
## Chinese

| | | wealthy and respectable family | | sense of smell; smell bad; stenchsense of smell; smell bad; stench; stink; smelly; to smell (bad) | | road; path; way | to have; there is; there areto have; there is; there are; to exist; to be | to freeze | to die; impassable; uncrossableto die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid | bone |
| trad. (朱門酒肉臭，路有凍死骨) | trad. (朱門酒肉臭，路有凍死骨) | 朱門 | 酒肉 | 臭 | ， | 路 | 有 | 凍 | 死 | 骨 |
| simp. (朱门酒肉臭，路有冻死骨) | simp. (朱门酒肉臭，路有冻死骨) | 朱门 | 酒肉 | 臭 | ， | 路 | 有 | 冻 | 死 | 骨 |

### Etymology

From Going from the Capital to Fengxian County, Singing My Feelings (five hundred words) by 杜甫 (Du Fu):
    勸客駝蹄羹，霜橙壓香橘。朱門酒肉臭，路有凍死骨。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]劝客驼蹄羹，霜橙压香橘。朱门酒肉臭，路有冻死骨。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]From: 杜甫, 《自京赴奉先詠懷五百字》; translated by Stephen OwenQuàn kè tuó tí gēng, shuāng chéng yā xiāng jú. Zhūmén jiǔ ròu chòu, lù yǒu dòng sǐ gǔ. [Pinyin]Guests are urged to taste camel-hoof stew, frosty oranges weigh upon sweet tangerines. Crimson gates reek with meat and ale, while on the streets are bones of the frozen dead.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhūménjiǔròuchòu, lùyǒudòngsǐgǔ
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨ ㄇㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄖㄡˋ ㄔㄡˋ , ㄌㄨˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄙˇ ㄍㄨˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zyu$^1$ mun$^4$ zau$^2$ juk$^6$ cau$^3$, lou$^6$ jau$^5$ dung$^3$ sei$^2$ gwat$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhūménjiǔròuchòu, lùyǒudòngsǐgǔ [Phonetic: zhūménjiǔròuchòu,lùyǒudòngsígǔ]
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄨ ㄇㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄖㄡˋ ㄔㄡˋ , ㄌㄨˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄙˇ ㄍㄨˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhuménjiǒuròuchòu, lùyǒudòngsǐhgǔ
*** Wade–Giles: chu$^1$-mên$^2$-chiu$^3$-jou$^4$-chʻou$^4$, lu$^4$-yu$^3$-tung$^4$-ssŭ$^3$-ku$^3$
*** Yale: jū-mén-jyǒu-ròu-chòu-, lù-yǒu-dùng-sž-gǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jumenjeourowchow, luhyeoudonqsyyguu
*** Palladius: чжумэньцзюжоучоу, луюдунсыгу (čžumɛnʹczjužoučou, lujudunsygu)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵ mən³⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵¹ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʊŋ⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zyu$^1$ mun$^4$ zau$^2$ juk$^6$ cau$^3$, lou$^6$ jau$^5$ dung$^3$ sei$^2$ gwat$^1$
*** Yale: jyū mùhn jáu yuhk chau, louh yáuh dung séi gwāt
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzy$^1$ mun$^4$ dzau$^2$ juk$^9$ tsau$^3$, lou$^6$ jau$^5$ dung$^3$ sei$^2$ gwat$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ju$^1$ mun$^4$ zeo$^2$ yug$^6$ ceo$^3$, lou$^6$ yeo$^5$ dung$^3$ séi$^2$ gued$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡syː⁵⁵ muːn²¹ t͡sɐu̯³⁵ jʊk̚² t͡sʰɐu̯³³ lou̯²² jɐu̯¹³ tʊŋ³³ sei̯³⁵ kʷɐt̚⁵/
* Middle Chinese: tsyu mwon tsjuwX nyuwk tsyhuwH luH hjuwX tuwng|tuwngH sijX kwot
Rime :
| Character | 朱 | 門 | 酒 | 肉 | 臭 | 路 | 有 | 凍 | 凍 | 死 | 骨 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/2 | 2/2 | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 章 (23) | 明 (4) | 精 (13) | 日 (38) | 昌 (24) | 來 (37) | 云 (35) | 端 (5) | 端 (5) | 心 (16) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 虞 (24) | 魂 (55) | 尤 (136) | 屋 (4) | 尤 (136) | 模 (23) | 尤 (136) | 東 (1) | 東 (1) | 脂 (17) | 沒 (56) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) | Rising (X) | Checked (Ø) | Departing (H) | Departing (H) | Rising (X) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) | Rising (X) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Closed | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | Closed |
| Division (等) | III | I | III | III | III | I | III | I | I | III | I |
| Fanqie | 章俱切 | 莫奔切 | 子酉切 | 如六切 | 尺救切 | 洛故切 | 云久切 | 德紅切 | 多貢切 | 息姊切 | 古忽切 |
| Baxter | tsyu | mwon | tsjuwX | nyuwk | tsyhuwH | luH | hjuwX | tuwng | tuwngH | sijX | kwot |
| Reconstructions ||||||||||||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ɕɨo/ | /muən/ | /t͡sɨu$^X$/ | /ȵɨuk̚/ | /t͡ɕʰɨu$^H$/ | /luo$^H$/ | /ɦɨu$^X$/ | /tuŋ/ | /tuŋ$^H$/ | /sˠiɪ$^X$/ | /kuət̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡ɕio/ | /muon/ | /t͡siu$^X$/ | /ȵiuk̚/ | /t͡ɕʰiu$^H$/ | /luo$^H$/ | /ɦiu$^X$/ | /tuŋ/ | /tuŋ$^H$/ | /sᵚi$^X$/ | /kuot̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ɕio/ | /muən/ | /t͡siəu$^X$/ | /ȵʑiuk̚/ | /t͡ɕʰiəu$^H$/ | /lo$^H$/ | /ɣiəu$^X$/ | /tuŋ/ | /tuŋ$^H$/ | /siɪ$^X$/ | /kuət̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /cuə̆/ | /mwən/ | /t͡suw$^X$/ | /ȵuwk̚/ | /cʰuw$^H$/ | /lɔ$^H$/ | /ɦuw$^X$/ | /təwŋ/ | /təwŋ$^H$/ | /sji$^X$/ | /kwət̚/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ɕio/ | /muən/ | /t͡siu$^X$/ | /ȵiuk̚/ | /t͡ɕʰiu$^H$/ | /lo$^H$/ | /ɣiu$^X$/ | /tuŋ/ | /tuŋ$^H$/ | /sji$^X$/ | /kuət̚/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ɕĭu/ | /muən/ | /t͡sĭəu$^X$/ | /ȵʑĭuk̚/ | /t͡ɕʰĭəu$^H$/ | /lu$^H$/ | /ɣĭəu$^X$/ | /tuŋ/ | /tuŋ$^H$/ | /si$^X$/ | /kuət̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /t͡ɕi̯u/ | /muən/ | /t͡si̯ə̯u$^X$/ | /ȵʑi̯uk̚/ | /t͡ɕʰi̯ə̯u$^H$/ | /luo$^H$/ | /i̯ə̯u$^X$/ | /tuŋ/ | /tuŋ$^H$/ | /si$^X$/ | /kuət̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhū | mén | jiǔ | rù | chòu | lù | yǒu | dōng | dòng | sǐ | gu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zyu$^1$ | mun$^4$ | zau$^2$ | juk$^6$ | cau$^3$ | lou$^6$ | jau$^5$ | dung$^1$ | dung$^3$ | si$^2$ | gwat$^1$ |

### Idiom

朱門酒肉臭，路有凍死骨
* describes the extreme wealth inequality in society