難色

See also: 难色

Chinese

		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)		難	色
simp. (难色)		难	色

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nánsè

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄙㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naan⁴ sik¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lân-siak / lân-sek

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nánsè
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄙㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nánsè
    • Wade–Giles: nan²-sê⁴
    • Yale: nán-sè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nanseh
    • Palladius: наньсэ (nanʹsɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ sɤ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: naan⁴ sik¹
    • Yale: nàahn sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naan⁴ sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: nan⁴ xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːn²¹ sɪk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lân-siak
    • Tâi-lô: lân-siak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lansiag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lan²⁴⁻²² siak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lân-sek
    • Tâi-lô: lân-sik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lanseg
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lan²³⁻³³ siɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lan¹³⁻²² siɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lan²⁴⁻¹¹ siɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lan²⁴⁻²² siɪk̚³²/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 難色

1. look of awkwardness or embarrassment; expression of reluctance

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
難	色
なん Grade: 6	しょく Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
難色 (kyūjitai)

Noun

難(なん)色(しょく) • (nanshoku) 

1. disapproval, reluctance, hesitation

   彼女(かのじょ)は彼(かれ)のお願(ねが)いに難色(なんしょく)を示(しめ)した。

   Kanojo wa kare no onegai ni nanshoku o shimeshita.

   She showed reluctance at her boyfriend's request.