臉紅

See also: 脸红

Chinese

		face	red; revolutionary; prosperity red; revolutionary; prosperity; bonus; popular
trad. (臉紅)		臉	紅
simp. (脸红)		脸	红

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liǎnhóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄢˇ ㄏㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lim⁵ hung⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liǎnhóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˇ ㄏㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liǎnhóng
    • Wade–Giles: lien³-hung²
    • Yale: lyǎn-húng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leanhorng
    • Palladius: ляньхун (ljanʹxun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ xʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lim⁵ hung⁴
    • Yale: líhm hùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lim⁵ hung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lim⁵ hung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːm¹³ hʊŋ²¹/

Verb

臉紅

1. to blush; to become bashful, embarrassed or ashamed

Synonyms

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