藏姦

Chinese

		storehouse; depository; Buddhist or Taoist scripture storehouse; depository; Buddhist or Taoist scripture; Zang; Tibet; to hide away; to conceal; to harbor; store; accumulate	adultery
trad. (藏姦)		藏	姦
simp. (藏奸)		藏	奸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cángjiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄢ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cángjiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cángjian
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻang²-chien¹
    • Yale: tsáng-jyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsarngjian
    • Palladius: цанцзянь (canczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: dzang kaen

Rime
Character	藏	姦
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)	刪 (69)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	II
Fanqie	昨郎切	古顔切
Baxter	dzang	kaen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡zɑŋ/	/kˠan/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡zɑŋ/	/kᵚan/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zɑŋ/	/kɐn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zaŋ/	/kaɨn/
Li Rong	/d͡zɑŋ/	/kan/
Wang Li	/d͡zɑŋ/	/kan/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡zʱɑŋ/	/kan/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cáng	jiān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cong4	gaan1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*m-tsʰˤaŋ  [k]ˤran/

  (Zhengzhang): /*zaːŋ  kraːn/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	藏	姦
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	cáng	jiān
Middle Chinese	‹ dzang ›	‹ kæn ›
Old Chinese	/*m-tsʰˁaŋ/	/*[k]ˁran/
English	store (v.)	wicked(ness)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	藏	姦
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	10281	6027
Phonetic component	爿	姦
Rime group	陽	元
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	藏	姦
Old Chinese	/*zaːŋ/	/*kraːn/

Verb

藏姦

1. to bear ill will
2. (regional) to try to shirk work or responsibility; to act in a slick way

Synonyms

• (to try and shirk work or responsibility):

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• 使仙公 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 耍奸 (shuǎjiān)
• 耍滑 (shuǎhuá)
• 耍滑頭／耍滑头 (shuǎ huátóu)