童顏

See also: 童顔 and 童颜

Chinese

		boy; child; children	colour; countenance; face
trad. (童顏)		童	顏
simp. (童颜)		童	颜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tóngyán

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tung⁴ ngaan⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tông-gân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tóngyán
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tóngyán
    • Wade–Giles: tʻung²-yen²
    • Yale: túng-yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: torngyan
    • Palladius: тунъянь (tunʺjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ³⁵ jɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tung⁴ ngaan⁴
    • Yale: tùhng ngàahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tung⁴ ngaan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tung⁴ ngan⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ²¹ ŋaːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tông-gân
    • Tâi-lô: tông-gân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: donggaan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻²² ɡan²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻²² ɡan²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ¹³⁻²² ɡan¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ɡan²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ²³⁻³³ ɡan²³/

Noun

童顏

1. youthful face of an old person

   • 遇一老人，碧眼童顏，手執藜杖。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     遇一老人，碧眼童颜，手执藜杖。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 1330 – 1400: Luo Guanzhong, Romance of the Three Kingdoms/Chapter 1

     Yù yī lǎorén, bìyǎn tóngyán, shǒu zhí lízhàng. [Pinyin]

     He came across an old man, who had a youthful countenance, and was carrying a fat-hen walking stick.

Derived terms

• 碧眼童顏 / 碧眼童颜 (bìyǎntóngyán)
• 童顏鶴髮 / 童颜鹤发 (tóngyánhèfà)
• 鶴髮童顏 / 鹤发童颜 (hèfàtóngyán)