厚顏無恥
Chinese
| shameless; brazen; impudent | shameless; brazen; impudent | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (厚顏無恥/厚顏無耻/厚顔無耻) | 厚顏/厚顔 | 無恥/無耻 | |
| simp. (厚颜无耻) | 厚颜 | 无耻 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: hòuyánwúchǐ
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄧㄢˊ ㄨˊ ㄔˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: hòuyánwúchǐh
- Wade–Giles: hou4-yen2-wu2-chʻih3
- Yale: hòu-yán-wú-chř
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: howyanwuchyy
- Palladius: хоуяньучи (xoujanʹuči)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xoʊ̯⁵¹ jɛn³⁵ u³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: hau5 ngaan4 mou4 ci2
- Yale: háuh ngàahn mòuh chí
- Cantonese Pinyin: hau5 ngaan4 mou4 tsi2
- Guangdong Romanization: heo5 ngan4 mou4 qi2
- Sinological IPA (key): /hɐu̯¹³ ŋaːn²¹ mou̯²¹ t͡sʰiː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
厚顏無恥
- utterly shameless
- 1994, China Central Television, “收姜維” (40:00 from the start), in Romance of the Three Kingdoms[1], episode 69, spoken by Zhuge Liang (Tang Guoqiang):
- 一條斷脊之犬，還敢在我軍陣前狺狺狂吠！我從未見過有如此厚顏無恥之人！ [MSC, trad.]
- Yī tiáo duàn jǐ zhī quǎn, hái gǎn zài wǒ jūn zhèn qián yínyín kuáng fèi! Wǒ cóngwèi jiàn guò yǒu rúcǐ hòuyánwúchǐ zhī rén! [Pinyin]
- How dare you backless dog is still barking in front of our army! I have never met such a shameless person like you!
一条断脊之犬，还敢在我军阵前狺狺狂吠！我从未见过有如此厚颜无耻之人！ [MSC, simp.]