寒蟬

Chinese

		cold; poor; to tremble	cicada
trad. (寒蟬)		寒	蟬
simp. (寒蝉)		寒	蝉

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hánchán

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄢˊ ㄔㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hon⁴ sim⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hánchán
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˊ ㄔㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hánchán
  - Wade–Giles: han²-chʻan²
  - Yale: hán-chán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: harncharn
  - Palladius: ханьчань (xanʹčanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xän³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hon⁴ sim⁴
  - Yale: hòhn sìhm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hon⁴ sim⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: hon⁴ xim⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːn²¹ siːm²¹/

Noun

寒蟬

(literally) cicada in winter
(literary) a kind of cicada that is small in size and blue green-red in colour
(literary, figurative) one who stays silent
- 劉勝位為大夫，見禮上賓，而知善不薦，聞惡無言，隱情惜己，自同寒蟬，此罪人也。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
  刘胜位为大夫，见礼上宾，而知善不荐，闻恶无言，隐情惜己，自同寒蝉，此罪人也。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Book of the Later Han, circa 5^th century CE
  Liú Shèng wèiwéi dàfū, jiànlǐ shàngbīn, ér zhīshàn bùjiàn, wén'è wúyán, yǐnqíng xījǐ, zìtóng hánchán, cǐ zuìrén yě. [Pinyin]
  Liu Sheng ranks as a dafu (great official) and is received as the guest of honour everywhere; yet he fails to promote the virtuous persons he meets; he fails to speak against the evil he witnesses; he buries the truth, unwilling to risk himself; he chooses to be as silent as a chilled cicada. We have a guilty man in him.

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