掌故

Chinese

		palm (of hand); in charge of	happening; instance; reason happening; instance; reason; cause; deceased; old
simp. and trad. (掌故)		掌	故

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǎnggù

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄤˇ ㄍㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng² gu³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chióng-kò͘ / chiáng-kò͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǎnggù
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄤˇ ㄍㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǎnggù
    • Wade–Giles: chang³-ku⁴
    • Yale: jǎng-gù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaangguh
    • Palladius: чжангу (čžangu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zoeng² gu³
    • Yale: jéung gu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng² gu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêng² gu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sœːŋ³⁵ kuː³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chióng-kò͘
    • Tâi-lô: tsióng-kòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciofngkox
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kɔ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiáng-kò͘
    • Tâi-lô: tsiáng-kòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciafngkox
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔ²¹/

Noun

掌故

1. anecdote (from history or legend)

Korean

Hanja in this term
掌	故

Noun

掌故 • (janggo) (hangeul 장고)

1. Hanja form^? of 장고 (“custom, precedent”).