難色
Appearance
See also: 难色
Chinese
[edit]disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good |
colour; dice; look colour; dice; look; appearance | ||
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trad. (難色) | 難 | 色 | |
simp. (难色) | 难 | 色 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄙㄜˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: nánsè
- Wade–Giles: nan2-sê4
- Yale: nán-sè
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nanseh
- Palladius: наньсэ (nanʹsɛ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /nän³⁵ sɤ⁵¹/
- Homophones:
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難色 / 难色
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: naan4 sik1
- Yale: nàahn sīk
- Cantonese Pinyin: naan4 sik7
- Guangdong Romanization: nan4 xig1
- Sinological IPA (key): /naːn²¹ sɪk̚⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- Middle Chinese: nan srik
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*nˤar s.rək/
- (Zhengzhang): /*n̥ʰaːn srɯɡ/
Noun
[edit]難色
- look of awkwardness or embarrassment; expression of reluctance
- 商丘開往,無難色。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Liezi, 1st – 5th century CE
- Shāngqiūkāi wǎng, wú nánsè. [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
商丘开往,无难色。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Descendants
[edit]Japanese
[edit]Kanji in this term | |
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難 | 色 |
なん Grade: 6 |
しょく Grade: 2 |
on'yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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難色 (kyūjitai) |
Noun
[edit]- disapproval, reluctance, hesitation
- 彼女は彼のお願いに難色を示した。
- Kanojo wa kare no onegai ni nanshoku o shimeshita.
- She showed reluctance at her boyfriend's request.
- 彼女は彼のお願いに難色を示した。
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