素顏

See also: 素顔, and 素颜

Chinese

		plain; element	colour; countenance; face
trad. (素顏)		素	顏
simp. (素颜)		素	颜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sùyán

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨˋ ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sou³ ngaan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sùyán
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨˋ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sùyán
    • Wade–Giles: su⁴-yen²
    • Yale: sù-yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suhyan
    • Palladius: суянь (sujanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su⁵¹ jɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sou³ ngaan⁴
    • Yale: sou ngàahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sou³ ngaan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sou³ ngan⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sou̯³³ ŋaːn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: suH ngaen

Rime
Character	素	顏
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	模 (23)	刪 (69)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	II
Fanqie	桑故切	五姦切
Baxter	suH	ngaen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/suoH/	/ŋˠan/
Pan Wuyun	/suoH/	/ŋᵚan/
Shao Rongfen	/soH/	/ŋɐn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɔH/	/ŋaɨn/
Li Rong	/soH/	/ŋan/
Wang Li	/suH/	/ŋan/
Bernard Karlgren	/suoH/	/ŋan/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sù	yán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sou3	ngaan4

Noun

素顏

1. face without makeup

   • 難把菱花照素顏，試臨春水插花看。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     难把菱花照素颜，试临春水插花看。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 10^th century, 王喦, 《貧女》

     Nán bǎ línghuā zhào sùyán, shì lín chūnshuǐ chāhuā kàn. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

• 素顏照／素颜照 (sùyánzhào)