汗顏

Chinese

		perspiration; sweat	colour; countenance; face
trad. (汗顏)		汗	顏
simp. (汗颜)		汗	颜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hànyán

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄢˋ ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hon⁶ ngaan⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hān-gân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hànyán
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˋ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hànyán
    • Wade–Giles: han⁴-yen²
    • Yale: hàn-yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hannyan
    • Palladius: ханьянь (xanʹjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xän⁵¹ jɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hon⁶ ngaan⁴
    • Yale: hohn ngàahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hon⁶ ngaan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hon⁶ ngan⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːn²² ŋaːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hān-gân
    • Tâi-lô: hān-gân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: haxn'gaan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /han²²⁻²¹ ɡan²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /han⁴¹⁻²² ɡan²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /han²²⁻²¹ ɡan¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /han³³⁻¹¹ ɡan²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /han³³⁻²¹ ɡan²³/

Verb

汗顏

1. (literary) to perspire (on face)
2. (figurative) to feel ashamed; to blush with shame
3. (figurative, neologism) to be embarrassed or shocked