Definify.com

Definition 2024


風情

風情

See also: 风情

Chinese

 
wind; news; style; custom; manner
 
feeling; emotion; passion; situation
trad. (風情)
simp. (风情)

Noun

風情

  1. local customs
  2. expressions of love; amorous feelings; flirtatious expressions
  3. wind force and direction

Derived terms

  • 風情月思风情月思
  • 風情萬種风情万种

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
せい > ぜい
Grade: 5
on'yomi

Probably from Middle Chinese compound 風情 (*biung *d͡zjeŋ). Compare modern Chinese traditional 風情 and simplified 风情 (fēngqíng).

The reading uses the older goon of fu for and the newer kan'on of sei for , suggesting either that this term underwent changes after importation into Japanese, or that it may have been re-imported.

Pronunciation

Noun

風情 (hiragana ふぜい, romaji fuzei)

  1. taste, elegance
  2. discernment, sophistication
  3. appearance, outward attitude
  4. (theater, noh) in noh theater, an actor's bearing, carriage, and gestures: body language

Suffix

風情 (hiragana ふぜい, romaji -fuzei)

  1. similar to, like, type or kind of thing
  2. (pejorative) the likes of ... (particularly when appended to a person's name)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
ふう
Grade: 2
じょう
Grade: 5
on'yomi

The older goon reading for both characters, so probably the term as originally imported from Middle Chinese.

Pronunciation

Noun

風情 (hiragana ふうじょう, romaji fūjō)

  1. appearance, outward attitude

References

  1. 1 2 3 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  • 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

風情 (pungjeong) (hangeul 풍정)

  1. Hanja form? of 풍정, “taste, elegance”.

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word

Noun

風情

  1. Hán tự form of phong tình, “amorous, erotic”