慚顏

Chinese

		ashamed	colour; countenance; face
trad. (慚顏)		慚	顏
simp. (惭颜)		惭	颜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cányán

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄢˊ ㄧㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cányán
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄢˊ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cányán
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻan²-yen²
    • Yale: tsán-yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsarnyan
    • Palladius: цаньянь (canʹjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰän³⁵ jɛn³⁵/

Noun

慚顏

1. (literary) embarrassed look on one's face; ashamed expression

Synonyms

• 慚色／惭色 (cánsè)