童顏
Chinese
| boy; child; children | colour; countenance; face | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (童顏) | 童 | 顏 | |
| simp. (童颜) | 童 | 颜 | |
Pronunciation
- 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/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- 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/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- 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/
- (Hokkien)
Noun
童顏
- youthful face of an old person
- 遇一老人，碧眼童顏，手執藜杖。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- 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.
遇一老人，碧眼童颜，手执藜杖。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]