素顏

See also: 素顔 and 素颜

Chinese

		plain; element	colour; countenance; face
trad. (素顏)		素	顏
simp. (素颜)		素	颜

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sùyán

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄨˋ ㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sou³ ngaan⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sùyán
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨˋ ㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sùyán
  - Wade–Giles: su⁴-yen²
  - Yale: sù-yán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suhyan
  - Palladius: суянь (sujanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /su⁵¹ jɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sou³ ngaan⁴
  - Yale: sou ngàahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sou³ ngaan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sou³ ngan⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sou̯³³ ŋaːn²¹/

Middle Chinese: suH ngaen

Rime
Character	素	顏
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	模 (23)	刪 (69)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	II
Fanqie	桑故切	五姦切
Baxter	suH	ngaen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/suo^H/	/ŋˠan/
Pan Wuyun	/suo^H/	/ŋᵚan/
Shao Rongfen	/so^H/	/ŋɐn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɔ^H/	/ŋaɨn/
Li Rong	/so^H/	/ŋan/
Wang Li	/su^H/	/ŋan/
Bernhard Karlgren	/suo^H/	/ŋan/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sù	yán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sou³	ngaan⁴

Noun

素顏

face without makeup
- 難把菱花照素顏，試臨春水插花看。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  难把菱花照素颜，试临春水插花看。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 10^th century, 王喦, 《貧女》
  Nán bǎ línghuā zhào sùyán, shì lín chūnshuǐ chāhuā kàn. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

素顏照 / 素颜照 (sùyánzhào)