怒髮衝冠

Chinese

		indignant	hair	of great force; towards; dash against	to head; hat; crown to head; hat; crown; crest; cap
trad. (怒髮衝冠)		怒	髮	衝	冠
simp. (怒发冲冠)		怒	发	冲	冠

Etymology

From the Records of the Grand Historian:

相如因持璧卻立，倚柱，怒髮上衝冠。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

相如因持璧却立，倚柱，怒发上冲冠。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

Xiàngrú yīn chí bì què lì, yǐ zhù, nù fà shàng chōng guàn. [Pinyin]

Lin Xiangru, holding the jade, then stepped back and leant against the pillar, and was so furious that his hair raised his hat.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nùfàchōngguān, nùfǎchōngguān

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄨˋ ㄈㄚˋ ㄔㄨㄥㄍㄨㄢ, ㄋㄨˋ ㄈㄚˇ ㄔㄨㄥㄍㄨㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): nou⁶ faat³ cung¹ gun¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nùfàchōngguān
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄨˋ ㄈㄚˋ ㄔㄨㄥㄍㄨㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nùfàchongguan
  - Wade–Giles: nu⁴-fa⁴-chʻung¹-kuan¹
  - Yale: nù-fà-chūng-gwān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nuhfahchongguan
  - Palladius: нуфачунгуань (nufačunguanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nu⁵¹⁻⁵³ fä⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ⁵⁵ ku̯än⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nùfǎchōngguān
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄨˋ ㄈㄚˇ ㄔㄨㄥㄍㄨㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nùfǎchongguan
  - Wade–Giles: nu⁴-fa³-chʻung¹-kuan¹
  - Yale: nù-fǎ-chūng-gwān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nuhfaachongguan
  - Palladius: нуфачунгуань (nufačunguanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nu⁵¹ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ⁵⁵ ku̯än⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: nou⁶ faat³ cung¹ gun¹
  - Yale: nouh faat chūng gūn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: nou⁶ faat⁸ tsung¹ gun¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: nou⁶ fad³ cung¹ gun¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nou̯²² faːt̚³ t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵ kuːn⁵⁵/

Idiom

怒髮衝冠

to be furious
- 怒髮衝冠，憑欄處、瀟瀟雨歇。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  怒发冲冠，凭栏处、潇潇雨歇。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Yue Fei, 《滿江紅》
  Nùfàchōngguàn, píng lán chù, xiāoxiāo yǔ xiē. [Pinyin]
  I am furious that my hair raises my hat. Then I leaned on the railing, and saw that the drizzly rain is stopping.

See also

令人髮指／令人发指 (lìngrénfàzhǐ)

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