眷顧

Chinese

		concern; wife and children	look after; take into consideration; to attend to
trad. (眷顧)		眷	顧
simp. (眷顾)		眷	顾
alternative forms		睠顧／睠顾

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): juàngù

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄢˋ ㄍㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gyun³ gu³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): koàn-kò͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: juàngù
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄢˋ ㄍㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyuàngù
    • Wade–Giles: chüan⁴-ku⁴
    • Yale: jywàn-gù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuannguh
    • Palladius: цзюаньгу (czjuanʹgu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ku⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gyun³ gu³
    • Yale: gyun gu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gyn³ gu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gün³ gu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kyːn³³ kuː³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koàn-kò͘
    • Tâi-lô: kuàn-kòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koarnkox
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kuan²¹⁻⁵³ kɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kuan⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuan²¹⁻⁵³ kɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kuan¹¹⁻⁵³ kɔ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuan²¹⁻⁴¹ kɔ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: kjwenH kuH

Rime
Character	眷	顧
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	仙 (80)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	居倦切	古暮切
Baxter	kjwenH	kuH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠiuᴇnH/	/kuoH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷᵚiɛnH/	/kuoH/
Shao Rongfen	/kiuænH/	/koH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwianH/	/kɔH/
Li Rong	/kjuɛnH/	/koH/
Wang Li	/kĭwɛnH/	/kuH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ki̯wɛnH/	/kuoH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	juàn	gù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gyun3	gu3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ro[n]-s  [k]ʷˤaʔ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*krons  kʷaːs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	眷	顧
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	juàn	gù
Middle Chinese	‹ kjwenH ›	‹ kuH ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ro[n]-s/	/*[k]ʷˁaʔ-s/ (~ *[k]ʷˁaʔ)
English	look on with affection	look around
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	眷	顧
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	7158	5293
Phonetic component		戸
Rime group	元	魚
Rime subdivision	3	0
Corresponding MC rime	眷	顧
Old Chinese	/*krons/	/*kʷaːs/

Verb

眷顧

1. (formal) to regard with tenderness; to be concerned about

Synonyms

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• 干掛 (Puxian Min)
• 心念 (Hokkien)
• 念 (niàn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 惦念 (diànniàn)
• 惦記 / 惦记 (diànjì)
• 懸 / 悬 (xuán) (literary, or in compounds)
• 懸念 / 悬念 (xuánniàn) (formal)
• 懸想 / 悬想 (xuánxiǎng)
• 掛念 / 挂念 (guàniàn)
• 掛意 / 挂意 (guàyì)
• 掛記 / 挂记 (Nanchang Gan, Yudu Hakka)
• 數念 / 数念 (siàu-liām) (Hokkien)
• 牽掛 / 牵挂 (qiānguà)
• 眷懷 / 眷怀 (juànhuái) (literary)
• 眷注 (juànzhù) (literary)
• 記掛 / 记挂 (jìguà) (dialectal)
• 顧念 / 顾念 (gùniàn)

Noun

眷顧

1. (Christianity) providence (of God)