Chinese Word Entry
談虎色變Simplified Chinese form: 谈虎色变
| Mandarin (Zhuyin): | ㄊㄢˊ ㄏㄨˇ - ㄙㄜˋ ㄅㄧㄢˋ |
| Mandarin (Pinyin): | tán hǔ - sè biàn |
| Cantonese (Jyutping): | taam4 fu2 sik1 bin3 |
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Chinese characters used in this word
| 談 | discuss, talk, conversation, surname |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄊㄢˊ (tán) |
| Cantonese: | taam4 |
| Japanese: | ダン (dan)、 タン (tan) / かたる (kataru) |
| Korean: | 담 (dam) |
| Vietnamese: | đàm |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 谈 |
| Semantic variant form: | 譚 |
| 虎 | tiger, drunkard, brave, fierce, surname |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄏㄨˇ (hǔ), ㄏㄨˋ (hù) |
| Cantonese: | fu2 |
| Japanese: | コ (ko) / とら (tora) |
| Korean: | 호 (ho) |
| Vietnamese: | hổ |
| 色 | color, tint, hue, shade, form, body, beauty, desire for beauty, Kangxi radical 139 |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄙㄜˋ (sè), ㄕㄞˇ (shǎi) |
| Cantonese: | sik1 |
| Japanese: | ショク (shoku)、 シキ (shiki) / いろ (iro) |
| Korean: | 색 (saeg) |
| Vietnamese: | sắc |
| 變 | change, strange, transform, alter, rebel |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄅㄧㄢˋ (biàn) |
| Cantonese: | bin3 |
| Japanese: | ヘン (hen) / か.わる (kawaru)、 か.える (kaeru) |
| Korean: | 변 (byeon) |
| Vietnamese: | biến, biện |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 变 |
| Simplified Japanese form: | 変 |