難色

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See also: 难色

Chinese

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disaster; distress; to scold
disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good
 
colour; dice; look
colour; dice; look; appearance
 
trad. (難色)
simp. (难色)

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial () (8) (21)
Final () (61) (134)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter nan srik
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/nɑn/ /ʃɨk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/nɑn/ /ʃɨk̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/nɑn/ /ʃiek̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/nan/ /ʂik̚/
Li
Rong
/nɑn/ /ʃiək̚/
Wang
Li
/nɑn/ /ʃĭək̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/nɑn/ /ʂi̯ək̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
nán she
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
naan4 sik1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
nán
Middle
Chinese
‹ nan › ‹ srik ›
Old
Chinese
/*nˁar/ /*s.rək/
English difficult color; countenance

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
No. 4897 10989
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*n̥ʰaːn/ /*srɯɡ/
Notes 駿

Noun

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難色

  1. look of awkwardness or embarrassment; expression of reluctance
    難色难色  ―  miàn lù nánsè  ―  to show signs of reluctance or embarrassment on the face

Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (難色):
  • Japanese: (なん)(しょく) (nanshoku)
  • Korean: 난색(難色) (nansaek)

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
なん
Grade: 6
しょく
Grade: 2
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
難色 (kyūjitai)

Noun

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(なん)(しょく) (nanshoku

  1. disapproval, reluctance, hesitation
    彼女(かのじょ)(かれ)のお(ねが)いに難色(なんしょく)(しめ)した。
    Kanojo wa kare no onegai ni nanshoku o shimeshita.
    She showed reluctance at her boyfriend's request.