無顏

See also: 无颜

Chinese

		not have	colour; countenance; face
trad. (無顏)		無	顏
simp. (无颜)		无	颜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wúyán

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ ngaan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wúyán
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúyán
    • Wade–Giles: wu²-yen²
    • Yale: wú-yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuyan
    • Palladius: уянь (ujanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ jɛn³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ ngaan⁴
    • Yale: mòuh ngàahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ ngaan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ ngan⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ ŋaːn²¹/

Verb

無顏

1. (literary) to not have face; to feel ashamed

References

• 面子 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh
• face (Asian social concept) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia