使犬

Chinese

		to make; to cause; to enable to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; messenger	dog
simp. and trad. (使犬)		使	犬

Etymology

In reference to dogsleds.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Shǐquǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˇ ㄑㄩㄢˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Shǐquǎn [Phonetic: shíquǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˇ ㄑㄩㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Shǐhcyuǎn
    • Wade–Giles: Shih³-chʻüan³
    • Yale: Shř-chywǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shyycheuan
    • Palladius: Шицюань (Šicjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Proper noun

使犬

1. (obsolete, collective) the Hezhen people living along the Songhua River

Usage notes

The term was used during the Qing dynasty.