童顏

See also: 童顔 and 童颜

Chinese

		boy; child; children	color; countenance; face
trad. (童顏)		童	顏
simp. (童颜)		童	颜

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tóngyán

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tung⁴ ngaan⁴
Min Nan (POJ): tông-gân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: tóngyán
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄧㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: torngyan
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ³⁵ i̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: tung⁴ ngaan⁴
  - Yale: tùhng ngàahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tung⁴ ngaan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: tung⁴ ngan⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ²¹ ŋäːn²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tông-gân
  - Tâi-lô: tông-gân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: donggaan
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻²² gan²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻²² gan²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ¹³⁻²² gan¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ gan²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ²³⁻³³ gan²³/

Noun

童顏

youthful face of an old person
- 遇一老人，碧眼童顏，手執藜杖。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  遇一老人，碧眼童颜，手执藜杖。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: c. 1330 – 1400: Luo Guanzhong, Romance of the Three Kingdoms/Chapter 1
  Yù yī lǎorén, bìyǎn tóngyán, shǒu zhí lízhàng. [Pinyin]
  He came across an old man, who had a youthful countenance, and was carrying a fat-hen walking stick.

Derived terms

碧眼童顏／碧眼童颜 (bìyǎntóngyán)
童顏鶴髮／童颜鹤发 (tóngyánhèfà)

鶴髮童顏／鹤发童颜 (hèfàtóngyán)

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