顰蹙
See also: 颦蹙
Chinese
| knit the brows | urgent; wrinkled; contracted urgent; wrinkled; contracted; to kick | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (顰蹙) | 顰 | 蹙 | |
| simp. (颦蹙) | 颦 | 蹙 | |
| alternative forms | |||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: píncù
- Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄣˊ ㄘㄨˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: píncù
- Wade–Giles: pʻin2-tsʻu4
- Yale: pín-tsù
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyntsuh
- Palladius: пиньцу (pinʹcu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰin³⁵ t͡sʰu⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: pan4 cuk1 / pan4 zuk1
- Yale: pàhn chūk / pàhn jūk
- Cantonese Pinyin: pan4 tsuk7 / pan4 dzuk7
- Guangdong Romanization: pen4 cug1 / pen4 zug1
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰɐn²¹ t͡sʰʊk̚⁵/, /pʰɐn²¹ t͡sʊk̚⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Middle Chinese: bjin tsjuwk
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*bin ʔslɯwɢ/
Verb
顰蹙
- (literary) to frown; to knit one's brows in worry
Synonyms
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 顰 | 蹙 |
| ひん Hyōgai |
しゅく Hyōgai |
| kan'on | |
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 顰蹙 (MC bjin tsjuwk).
Pronunciation
Noun
顰蹙 • (hinshuku)
Idioms
- 顰蹙を買う (hinshuku o kau): literally, “to incur a frown” → to displease someone (due to one's speech or conduct), to be frowned upon
Verb
顰蹙する • (hinshuku suru) suru (stem 顰蹙し (hinshuku shi), past 顰蹙した (hinshuku shita))
Conjugation
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 顰蹙し | ひんしゅくし | hinshuku shi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 顰蹙し | ひんしゅくし | hinshuku shi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 顰蹙する | ひんしゅくする | hinshuku suru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 顰蹙する | ひんしゅくする | hinshuku suru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 顰蹙すれ | ひんしゅくすれ | hinshuku sure |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 顰蹙せよ¹ 顰蹙しろ² |
ひんしゅくせよ¹ ひんしゅくしろ² |
hinshuku seyo¹ hinshuku shiro² |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 顰蹙される | ひんしゅくされる | hinshuku sareru |
| Causative | 顰蹙させる 顰蹙さす |
ひんしゅくさせる ひんしゅくさす |
hinshuku saseru hinshuku sasu |
| Potential | 顰蹙できる | ひんしゅくできる | hinshuku dekiru |
| Volitional | 顰蹙しよう | ひんしゅくしよう | hinshuku shiyō |
| Negative | 顰蹙しない | ひんしゅくしない | hinshuku shinai |
| Negative continuative | 顰蹙せず | ひんしゅくせず | hinshuku sezu |
| Formal | 顰蹙します | ひんしゅくします | hinshuku shimasu |
| Perfective | 顰蹙した | ひんしゅくした | hinshuku shita |
| Conjunctive | 顰蹙して | ひんしゅくして | hinshuku shite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 顰蹙すれば | ひんしゅくすれば | hinshuku sureba |
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
References
- “▲顰▲蹙”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia][1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026