怒髮衝冠

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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.

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.
  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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