顰蹙

See also: 颦蹙

Chinese

knit the brows
 
urgent; wrinkled; contracted
urgent; wrinkled; contracted; to kick
trad. (顰蹙)
simp. (颦蹙)
alternative forms 顰顣
頻蹙
頻顣

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (3) (13)
Final () (43) (4)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter bjin tsjuwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/biɪn/ /t͡sɨuk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/bin/ /t͡siuk̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/bjen/ /t͡siuk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/bin/ /t͡suwk̚/
Li
Rong
/biĕn/ /t͡siuk̚/
Wang
Li
/bĭĕn/ /t͡sĭuk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/bʱi̯ĕn/ /t͡si̯uk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
pín zu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
pan4 zuk1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 9797 11744
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*bin/ /*ʔslɯwɢ/

Verb

顰蹙

  1. (literary) to frown; to knit one's brows in worry

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ひん
Hyōgaiji
しゅく
Hyōgaiji
kan’on

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 顰蹙 (MC bjin tsjuwk).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) んしゅく [hìńshúkú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [çĩɰ̃ɕɨᵝkɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

(ひん)(しゅく) • (hinshuku) 

  1. a scowl, a frown

Idioms

Verb

(ひん)(しゅく)する • (hinshuku suru) suru (stem (ひん)(しゅく) (hinshuku shi), past (ひん)(しゅく)した (hinshuku shita))

  1. to scowl, to frown

Conjugation

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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