眷戀

See also: 眷恋

Chinese

		concern; wife and children	feel attached to; long for; love
trad. (眷戀)		眷	戀
simp. (眷恋)		眷	恋

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): juànliàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄢˋ ㄌㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gyun³ lyun²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): koàn-loân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: juànliàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄢˋ ㄌㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyuànliàn
    • Wade–Giles: chüan⁴-lien⁴
    • Yale: jywàn-lyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuannliann
    • Palladius: цзюаньлянь (czjuanʹljanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ li̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gyun³ lyun²
    • Yale: gyun lyún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gyn³ lyn²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gün³ lün²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kyːn³³ lyːn³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koàn-loân
    • Tâi-lô: kuàn-luân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koarnloaan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kuan²¹⁻⁵³ luan²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kuan⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ luan²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuan²¹⁻⁵³ luan¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kuan¹¹⁻⁵³ luan²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuan²¹⁻⁴¹ luan²³/

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• Middle Chinese: kjwenH ljwenH

Rime
Character	眷	戀
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	仙 (80)	仙 (78)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	居倦切	力卷切
Baxter	kjwenH	ljwenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠiuᴇnH/	/liuᴇnH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷᵚiɛnH/	/lʷiɛnH/
Shao Rongfen	/kiuænH/	/ljuænH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwianH/	/lwianH/
Li Rong	/kjuɛnH/	/liuɛnH/
Wang Li	/kĭwɛnH/	/lĭwɛnH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ki̯wɛnH/	/li̯wɛnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	juàn	luàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gyun3	lyun6

Verb

眷戀

1. (formal) to miss; to long for; to have a deep affection for (a place, country, person, etc.)

Synonyms

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• 念想 (niànxiǎng)
• 思 (literary, or in compounds)
• 思念 (sīniàn)
• 思慕 (sīmù)
• 思量 (sīliáng) (literary)
• 想念 (xiǎngniàn)
• 感想 (gǎnxiǎng) (literary)
• 憶著 / 忆着 (Xiamen Hokkien, Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 懷 / 怀 (huái) (literary)
• 懷念 / 怀念 (huáiniàn)
• 懷想 / 怀想 (huáixiǎng)
• 相思 (xiāngsī)
• 眷念 (juànniàn) (formal)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (眷戀):

• → Vietnamese: quyến luyến (眷戀)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
眷	戀

Verb

眷戀

1. chữ Hán form of quyến luyến (“to hold lingering feelings for”)