紅顏

Chinese

		red; revolutionary; prosperity red; revolutionary; prosperity; bonus; popular	color; countenance; face
trad. (紅顏)		紅	顏
simp. (红颜)		红	颜

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hóngyán

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hung⁴ ngaan⁴
Min Nan (POJ): hông-gân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: hóngyán
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄧㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: horngyan
  - IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ³⁵ i̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hung⁴ ngaan⁴
  - Yale: hùhng ngàahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hung⁴ ngaan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: hung⁴ ngan⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ²¹ ŋäːn²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hông-gân
  - Tâi-lô: hông-gân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: honggaan
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² gan²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² gan²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ¹³⁻²² gan¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ gan²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ²³⁻³³ gan²³/

Noun

紅顏

(literary) pretty face
(literary, figuratively) beautiful woman

Derived terms

白髮紅顏／白发红颜
紅顏命薄／红颜命薄
紅顏禍水／红颜祸水 (hóngyánhuòshuǐ)

紅顏薄命／红颜薄命
自古紅顏多薄命／自古红颜多薄命 (zìgǔ hóngyán duō bómìng)

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