汗顏

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hànyán

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄢˋ ㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hon⁶ ngaan⁴
Min Nan (POJ): hān-gân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: hànyán
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˋ ㄧㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hannyan
  - IPA ^(key): /xa̠n⁵¹ i̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hon⁶ ngaan⁴
  - Yale: hohn ngàahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hon⁶ ngaan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: hon⁶ ngan⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /hɔːn²² ŋɑːn²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hān-gân
  - Tâi-lô: hān-gân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: haxn'gaan
  - IPA (Xiamen): /han²²⁻²¹ gan²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /han⁴¹⁻²² gan²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /han²²⁻²¹ gan¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /han³³⁻¹¹ gan²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /han³³⁻²¹ gan²³/

Verb

汗顏

(literary) to perspire (on face)
(figuratively) to feel ashamed; to blush with shame
(figuratively, neologism) to be embarrassed or shocked

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