foot binding
Also known as lotus feet, lotus foot
Chinese custom of applying tight binding to the feet of young girls to modify the shape and size of their feet as a status symbol and mark of beauty, practised from 10th to early 20th centuries
Key facts
- Traditional chinese
- 纏足
- Simplified chinese
- 缠足
- Hanyu pinyin
- chánzú
- Wade giles
- ch'an -tsu
- Ipa
- [ʈʂʰa ̌ n.tsu ̌ ]
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Alternative Cantonese name Traditional Chinese紮腳 Simplified Chinese扎脚
Alternative Wu name Traditional Chinese繞小腳 Simplified Chinese绕小脚