面紅耳赤

Chinese

		to blush; to feel shy; to quarrel to blush; to feel shy; to quarrel; to argue	ear	red; scarlet; bare red; scarlet; bare; naked
trad. (面紅耳赤)		面紅	耳	赤
simp. (面红耳赤)		面红	耳	赤

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): miànhóng'ěrchì

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄦˇ ㄔˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): min⁶ hung⁴ ji⁵ cek³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: miànhóng'ěrchì
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄦˇ ㄔˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: miànhóng-ěrchìh
    • Wade–Giles: mien⁴-hung²-êrh³-chʻih⁴
    • Yale: myàn-húng-ěr-chr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miannhorngeelchyh
    • Palladius: мяньхунъэрчи (mjanʹxunʺerči)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛn⁵¹ xʊŋ³⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: min⁶ hung⁴ ji⁵ cek³
    • Yale: mihn hùhng yíh chek
    • Cantonese Pinyin: min⁶ hung⁴ ji⁵ tsek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: min⁶ hung⁴ yi⁵ cég³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːn²² hʊŋ²¹ jiː¹³ t͡sʰɛːk̚³/

Idiom

面紅耳赤

1. red in the face (from embarrassment, anxiety or anger)