西施 [－－]

Jyutping sai1 si1
Pinyin xī shī

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. Xishi (c. 450 BC), famous Chinese beauty, foremost of the four legendary beauties 四大美女[si4 da4 mei3 nu:3], given by King Gou Jian 勾踐|勾践[Gou1 Jian4] of Yue as concubine to King of Wu as part of a successful plan to destroy Wu
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞
    西施​狗​，​一種​長​毛狗
    Shih Tzu
  2. 名詞、專名
    春秋​時代​越國​美女​，​獲譽​為​中國​古代​四大​美人​；​亦​成為​絕色​美女​嘅​代​稱
    Hsi Shih; Xishi (a beauty in Spring-Autumn Period in ancient China)
    • 情人眼裏出西施
      情人眼里出西施
      cing4 jan4 ngaan5 leoi5 ceot1 sai1 si1
      beauty lies in the lover's eyes
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. name
    Xi Shi
    (syn.) 西子
  2. noun, figuratively
    beautiful woman
  3. noun, figuratively, literary
    fallen flower
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    情人眼里出西施。
    情人眼裡出西施。
    qíng rén yǎn lǐ chū xī shī 。
    • Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    西施骨冇咩油，最啱煲汤。
    西施骨冇咩油，最啱煲湯。
    • The shoulder blades of a pig are not fatty, thus being nice ingredients of Chinese soup.
  2. Cantonese
    情人眼里出西施，佢老婆喺佢心目中永远都系大美人，几十年都冇变。
    情人眼裏出西施，佢老婆喺佢心目中永遠都係大美人，幾十年都冇變。
    cing4 jan4 ngaan5 leoi5 ceot1 sai1 si1, keoi5 lou5 po4 hai2 keoi5 sam1 muk6 zung1 wing5 jyun5 dou1 hai6 daai6 mei5 jan4, gei2 sap6 nin4 dou1 mou5 bin3.
    • Beauty lies in the lover's eye. To him, his wife is always a big beauty. It has not changed for decades.
  3. Cantonese
    情人眼里出西施
    情人眼裏出西施
    cing4 jan4 ngaan5 leoi5 ceot1 sai1 si1
    • beauty lies in the lover's eyes
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    喔麦尬!这真是太夸张了,难道西施舌有毒剧吗??
    喔麥尬!這真是太誇張了,難道西施舌有毒劇嗎??
    Ōｍàｉｇà ！ zhè zhēn shì tài kuā zhāng le ， nán dào xī shī shé yǒu dú jù ma ？ ？
    • Oh my God! This is too much! Could it be that Hiatula diphos is poisonous??