西门庆

西門慶

Xīmén Qìng

proper noun

Meanings

1 Ximen Qing, libertine merchant of 《水浒传》 and protagonist of 《金瓶梅》
2 byword for a rich womaniser

About Ximen Qing

文学人物 fictional character

Rich merchant in 水浒传 who seduces 潘金莲 and is killed by her brother-in-law 武松. The novel 金瓶梅 retells his life, wives and bribes as its main story.

Also called 西门大官人

Characters

Examples

HSK 6

西门庆是《金瓶梅》的主角。

Xīmén Qìng shì 《 Jīnpíngméi 》 de zhǔjué.

Ximen Qing is the protagonist of 'Jin Ping Mei'.

HSK 7-9

他像西门庆一样风流。

Tā xiàng Xīmén Qìng yíyàng fēngliú.

He is as lecherous as Ximen Qing.

Tips

culture

The title 《金瓶梅》 takes one character from three women of his house: 潘金莲, his sixth wife 李瓶儿 and the maid 庞春梅. Readers also see 金 'gold' as money, 瓶 'vase' as wine and 梅 'plum' as lust.

usage

Hong Kong actor 单立文 played him so often in the 1990s that he was dubbed the 西门庆专业户. 专业户, first a farm household that specialises in one product, is the stock word for an actor typecast in one role.

Stroke Order

西 xī

门 mén

庆 qìng