難色

See also: 难色

Chinese

		disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good	colour; dice; look colour; dice; look; appearance
trad. (難色)		難	色
simp. (难色)		难	色

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nánsè

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄙㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naan⁴ sik¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lân-siak / lân-sek

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nánsè
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄙㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nánsè
    • Wade–Giles: nan²-sê⁴
    • Yale: nán-sè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nanseh
    • Palladius: наньсэ (nanʹsɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ sɤ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 男色 難色／难色

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: naan⁴ sik¹
    • Yale: nàahn sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naan⁴ sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: nan⁴ xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːn²¹ sɪk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lân-siak
    • Tâi-lô: lân-siak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lansiag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lan²⁴⁻²² siak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lân-sek
    • Tâi-lô: lân-sik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lanseg
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lan²³⁻³³ siɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lan¹³⁻²² siɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lan²⁴⁻¹¹ siɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lan²⁴⁻²² siɪk̚³²/

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• Middle Chinese: nan srik

Rime
Character	難	色
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	泥 (8)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	寒 (61)	職 (134)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	那干切	所力切
Baxter	nan	srik
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/nɑn/	/ʃɨk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/nɑn/	/ʃɨk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/nɑn/	/ʃiek̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/nan/	/ʂik̚/
Li Rong	/nɑn/	/ʃiək̚/
Wang Li	/nɑn/	/ʃĭək̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/nɑn/	/ʂi̯ək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	nán	she
Expected Cantonese Reflex	naan4	sik1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*nˤar  s.rək/

  (Zhengzhang): /*n̥ʰaːn  srɯɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	難	色
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	nán	sè
Middle Chinese	‹ nan ›	‹ srik ›
Old Chinese	/*nˁar/	/*s.rək/
English	difficult	color; countenance
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	難	色
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	4897	10989
Phonetic component	暵	色
Rime group	元	職
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	難	色
Old Chinese	/*n̥ʰaːn/	/*srɯɡ/
Notes	朱駿聲暵省聲

Noun

難色

1. look of awkwardness or embarrassment; expression of reluctance

   面露難色／面露难色  ―  miàn lù nánsè  ―  to show signs of reluctance or embarrassment on the face

   • 商丘開往，無難色。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     商丘开往，无难色。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Liezi, 1^st – 5^th century CE

     Shāngqiūkāi wǎng, wú nánsè. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (難色):

• → Japanese: 難(なん)色(しょく) (nanshoku)
• → Korean: 난색(難色) (nansaek)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
難	色
なん Grade: 6	しょく Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
難色 (kyūjitai)

Noun

難(なん)色(しょく) • (nanshoku) 

1. disapproval, reluctance, hesitation

   彼女(かのじょ)は彼(かれ)のお願(ねが)いに難色(なんしょく)を示(しめ)した。

   Kanojo wa kare no onegai ni nanshoku o shimeshita.

   She showed reluctance at her boyfriend's request.