玄關

See also: 玄関

Chinese

		black; mysterious	to close; to shut; to turn off to close; to shut; to turn off; to concern; to involve; mountain pass
trad. (玄關)		玄	關
simp. (玄关)		玄	关

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuánguān

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ gwaan¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hièn-kôan / hiàn-kôan

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuánguān
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuánguan
    • Wade–Giles: hsüan²-kuan¹
    • Yale: sywán-gwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyuanguan
    • Palladius: сюаньгуань (sjuanʹguanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn³⁵ ku̯än⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun⁴ gwaan¹
    • Yale: yùhn gwāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ gwaan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ guan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ kʷaːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hièn-kôan
    • Hakka Romanization System: hien^ˇ guan^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hian² guan¹
    • Sinological IPA: /hi̯en¹¹ ku̯an²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hiàn-kôan
    • Hakka Romanization System: hian^ˇ guan^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hian² guan¹
    • Sinological IPA: /hi̯an¹¹ ku̯an²⁴/

Noun

玄關

1. (literary) front door
2. hall; entrance hall; porch; vestibule
3. (figurative, Buddhism) entry to Buddhism

Derived terms

• 玄關妙理 / 玄关妙理