顰蹙

See also: 颦蹙

Chinese

		knit the brows	urgent; wrinkled; contracted urgent; wrinkled; contracted; to kick
trad. (顰蹙)		顰	蹙
simp. (颦蹙)		颦	蹙
alternative forms		顰顣 頻蹙 頻顣

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): píncù

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄣˊ ㄘㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pan⁴ cuk¹, pan⁴ zuk¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: píncù
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄣˊ ㄘㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: píncù
    • Wade–Giles: pʻin²-tsʻu⁴
    • Yale: pín-tsù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyntsuh
    • Palladius: пиньцу (pinʹcu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰin³⁵ t͡sʰu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pan⁴ cuk¹, pan⁴ zuk¹
    • Yale: pàhn chūk, pàhn jūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pan⁴ tsuk⁷, pan⁴ dzuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: pen⁴ cug¹, pen⁴ zug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɐn²¹ t͡sʰʊk̚⁵/, /pʰɐn²¹ t͡sʊk̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: bjin tsjuwk

Rime
Character	顰	蹙
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)	東 (4)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	符眞切	子六切
Baxter	bjin	tsjuwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/biɪn/	/t͡sɨuk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/bin/	/t͡siuk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/bjen/	/t͡siuk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bin/	/t͡suwk̚/
Li Rong	/biĕn/	/t͡siuk̚/
Wang Li	/bĭĕn/	/t͡sĭuk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱi̯ĕn/	/t͡si̯uk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pín	zu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pan4	zuk1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*bin  ʔslɯwɢ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	顰	蹙
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	9797	11744
Phonetic component	頻	尗
Rime group	眞	覺
Rime subdivision	1	2
Corresponding MC rime	頻	蹙
Old Chinese	/*bin/	/*ʔslɯwɢ/

Verb

顰蹙

1. (literary) to frown; to knit one's brows in worry

Synonyms

• 皺眉／皱眉 (zhòuméi)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
顰	蹙
ひん Hyōgaiji	しゅく Hyōgaiji
kan’on

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 顰蹙 (MC bjin tsjuwk).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ひんしゅく [hìńshúkú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [çĩɰ̃ɕɨᵝkɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

顰(ひん)蹙(しゅく) • (hinshuku) 

1. a scowl, a frown

Idioms

• 顰蹙(ひんしゅく)を買(か)う (hinshuku o kau): literally, “to incur a frown” → to displease someone (due to one's speech or conduct), to be frowned upon

Verb

顰(ひん)蹙(しゅく)する • (hinshuku suru) suru (stem 顰(ひん)蹙(しゅく)し (hinshuku shi), past 顰(ひん)蹙(しゅく)した (hinshuku shita))

1. to scowl, to frown

Conjugation

Conjugation of "顰蹙する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	顰蹙し	ひんしゅくし	hinshuku shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	顰蹙し	ひんしゅくし	hinshuku shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	顰蹙する	ひんしゅくする	hinshuku suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	顰蹙する	ひんしゅくする	hinshuku suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	顰蹙すれ	ひんしゅくすれ	hinshuku sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	顰蹙せよ¹ 顰蹙しろ²	ひんしゅくせよ¹ ひんしゅくしろ²	hinshuku seyo¹ hinshuku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	顰蹙される	ひんしゅくされる	hinshuku sareru
Causative	顰蹙させる 顰蹙さす	ひんしゅくさせる ひんしゅくさす	hinshuku saseru hinshuku sasu
Potential	顰蹙できる	ひんしゅくできる	hinshuku dekiru
Volitional	顰蹙しよう	ひんしゅくしよう	hinshuku shiyō
Negative	顰蹙しない	ひんしゅくしない	hinshuku shinai
Negative continuative	顰蹙せず	ひんしゅくせず	hinshuku sezu
Formal	顰蹙します	ひんしゅくします	hinshuku shimasu
Perfective	顰蹙した	ひんしゅくした	hinshuku shita
Conjunctive	顰蹙して	ひんしゅくして	hinshuku shite
Hypothetical conditional	顰蹙すれば	ひんしゅくすれば	hinshuku sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative