嬉皮

See also: 西皮

Chinese

amusement leather; skin; fur
trad. (嬉皮)
simp. #(嬉皮)
alternative forms 嬉痞

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English hippie, influenced by native Chinese 嬉皮笑臉嬉皮笑脸 (xīpíxiàoliǎn, “smiling ingratiatingly and frivolously”).

Pronunciation


Noun

嬉皮

  1. hippie; hippy

Synonyms

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