羞赧

Chinese

		shy; ashamed; shame shy; ashamed; shame; bashful	blush
trad. (羞赧)		羞	赧
simp. #(羞赧)		羞	赧

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiūnǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄡ ㄋㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau¹ naan⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiūnǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡ ㄋㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siounǎn
    • Wade–Giles: hsiu¹-nan³
    • Yale: syōu-nǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiounaan
    • Palladius: сюнань (sjunanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ nän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau¹ naan⁵
    • Yale: sāu náahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau¹ naan⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo¹ nan⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯⁵⁵ naːn¹³/

Verb

羞赧

1. (literary) to blush (due to embarrassment)

Synonyms

• 小禮／小礼 (Min Nan, due to embarrassment)
• 發紅／发红 (fāhóng)
• 臉紅／脸红 (liǎnhóng)
• 赧顏／赧颜 (nǎnyán) (literary, due to embarrassment)
• 酡顏／酡颜 (to get drunk)