紅顏
Chinese
red; revolutionary; prosperity red; revolutionary; prosperity; bonus; popular |
colour; countenance; face | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (紅顏) | 紅 | 顏 | |
| simp. (红颜) | 红 | 颜 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): hung4 ngaan4
- Southern Min
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: hóngyán
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄧㄢˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: hóngyán
- Wade–Giles: hung2-yen2
- Yale: húng-yán
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: horngyan
- Palladius: хунъянь (xunʺjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xʊŋ³⁵ jɛn³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: hung4 ngaan4
- Yale: hùhng ngàahn
- Cantonese Pinyin: hung4 ngaan4
- Guangdong Romanization: hung4 ngan4
- Sinological IPA (key): /hʊŋ²¹ ŋaːn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hông-gân
- Tâi-lô: hông-gân
- Phofsit Daibuun: honggaan
- IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² ɡan²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² ɡan²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ¹³⁻²² ɡan¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ɡan²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ²³⁻³³ ɡan²³/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: ang5 nguang5
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: âng nguâng
- Sinological IPA (key): /aŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ŋuaŋ⁵⁵/
- (Hokkien)
Noun
紅顏
- (literary) pretty face; rosy complexion
- (literary, figurative) beautiful woman
- 慟哭六軍俱縞素，衝冠一怒為紅顏。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: c. 17th Century, Wu Weiye, Song of Yuanyuan (圓圓曲)
- Tòngkū liù jūn jù gǎosù, chōng guàn yī nù wèi hóngyán. [Pinyin]
- The six armies, wailing and grieving, were uniformly clad in the white of mourning,
One wave of headgear-lifting anger propelled him, all for the sake of the fair-faced one (referring to Chen Yuanyuan, Wu Sangui's wife).
恸哭六军俱缟素，冲冠一怒为红颜。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- (literary, figurative) youth
Synonyms
- (beautiful woman):
Dialectal synonyms of 美女 (“beautiful woman”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Classical Chinese | 美女, 美人, 佳人, 佳麗, 麗人, 紅顏, 嬋娟, 尤物 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 美女, 美人, 佳人, 尤物 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 美人兒 |
| Taiwan | 美女 | |
| Singapore | 美女 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 靚女 |
| Hong Kong | 靚女 | |
| Taishan | 靚女 | |
| Kaiping (Chikan) | 靚女 | |
| Dongguan | 靚女 | |
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 靚女 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 靚女 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 標緻妹仔, 靚妹仔, 靚女 |
| Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 靚女 | |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 媠查某 |
| Xiamen (Tong'an) | 媠查某 | |
| Quanzhou | 媠查某 | |
| Anxi | 媠查某 | |
| Zhangzhou | 媠查某 | |
| Zhao'an | 媠查某 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 媠查某, 俏母 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 媠查某 | |
| Shantou | 雅諸娘 | |
| Jieyang | 雅諸娘, 雅儂 | |
| Leizhou | 顯娘 | |
| Wenchang | 靚母 | |
| Singapore (Hainanese) | 靚母 | |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 靚妹 |