寒酸
Chinese
editcold; poor; to tremble | sour; sore; ache sour; sore; ache; acid | ||
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trad. (寒酸) | 寒 | 酸 | |
simp. #(寒酸) | 寒 | 酸 |
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): hon4 syun1
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hòn-sôn
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hân-soan
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˊ ㄙㄨㄢ
- Tongyong Pinyin: hánsuan
- Wade–Giles: han2-suan1
- Yale: hán-swān
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: harnsuan
- Palladius: ханьсуань (xanʹsuanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xän³⁵ su̯än⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: hon4 syun1
- Yale: hòhn syūn
- Cantonese Pinyin: hon4 syn1
- Guangdong Romanization: hon4 xun1
- Sinological IPA (key): /hɔːn²¹ syːn⁵⁵/
- Homophones:
寒暄
寒酸
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hòn-sôn
- Hakka Romanization System: honˇ sonˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: hon2 son1
- Sinological IPA: /hon¹¹ son²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Southern Min
Adjective
edit寒酸
- shabby and miserable (usually of a poor scholar)
- poverty-stricken; poor
Derived terms
editNoun
edit寒酸
- (archaic) poor scholar
- 化了錢養了幾個寒酸倒也罷了,那最奇的,是養了兩班戲子,不過供幾個商家家宴之用,每年要用到三萬多銀子! [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
- From: 1910, 吳趼人 [Wu Jianren], 《二十年目睹之怪現狀》 [Bizarre Happenings Eyewitnessed over Two Decades], chapter 45
- Huà le qián yǎng le jǐ ge hánsuān dào yě bàliǎo, nà zuì qí de, shì yǎng le liǎng bān xìzi, bùguò gōng jǐ ge shāngjiā jiāyàn zhī yòng, měinián yào yòng dào sān wàn duō yínzi! [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
化了钱养了几个寒酸倒也罢了,那最奇的,是养了两班戏子,不过供几个商家家宴之用,每年要用到三万多银子! [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
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