怒髮衝冠

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.]

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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. [Pinyin]

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 ㄔㄨㄥ ㄍㄨㄢ, ㄋㄨˋ ㄈㄚˇ ㄔㄨㄥ ㄍㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nou⁶ faat³ cung¹ gun¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nùfàchōngguān
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄨˋ ㄈㄚˋ ㄔㄨㄥ ㄍㄨㄢ
    • 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 ㄔㄨㄥ ㄍㄨㄢ
    • 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

1. 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. [Pinyin]

     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)