遠近

See also: 远近

Chinese

		far; distant; remote	near; close (to); approximately
trad. (遠近)		遠	近
simp. (远近)		远	近

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuǎnjìn

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁵ gan⁶, jyun⁵ kan⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yén-khiûn / yán-khiûn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): oán-kūn / oán-kīn / hn̄g-kūn / hn̄g-kīn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuǎnjìn
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuǎnjìn
    • Wade–Giles: yüan³-chin⁴
    • Yale: ywǎn-jìn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeuanjinn
    • Palladius: юаньцзинь (juanʹczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕin⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun⁵ gan⁶, jyun⁵ kan⁵
    • Yale: yúhn gahn, yúhn káhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁵ gan⁶, jyn⁵ kan⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁵ gen⁶, yun⁵ ken⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn¹³ kɐn²²/, /jyːn¹³ kʰɐn¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yén-khiûn
    • Hakka Romanization System: ien` kiun´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yan<sup>3</sup> kiun<sup>1</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯en³¹ kʰi̯un²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yán-khiûn
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)ian` kiun´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yan³ kiun¹
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯an³¹ kʰi̯un²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oán-kūn
    • Tâi-lô: uán-kūn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oafnkun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kun²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kun³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oán-kīn
    • Tâi-lô: uán-kīn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oafnkin
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /uan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kin³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hn̄g-kūn
    • Tâi-lô: hn̄g-kūn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hngxkun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hŋ̍²²⁻²¹ kun²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hŋ̍³³⁻¹¹ kun³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hn̄g-kīn
    • Tâi-lô: hn̄g-kīn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hngxkin
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hŋ̍³³⁻²¹ kin³³/

Noun

遠近

1. near and far
2. distance

   • 晉太元中，武陵人捕魚為業，緣溪行，忘路之遠近。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     晋太元中，武陵人捕鱼为业，缘溪行，忘路之远近。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 421, Tao Yuanming, 桃花源記 (The Peach Blossom Spring)

     Jìn Tàiyuán zhōng, Wǔlíng rén bǔyú wéi yè, yuán xī xíng, wàng lù zhī yuǎnjìn. [Pinyin]

     In the Jin Dynasty, during the Taiyuan era (376 - 397), there lived in Wuling Commandery a fisherman. One day, he paddled upstream and lost track of how far he had gone.

Derived terms

• 親疏遠近／亲疏远近
• 遠近知名／远近知名
• 遠近聞名／远近闻名
• 遠近馳名／远近驰名 (yuǎnjìnchímíng)
• 馳名遠近／驰名远近

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
遠	近
えん Grade: 2	きん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) えんきん [èńkíń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ẽ̞ŋʲkʲĩɴ]

Noun

遠(えん)近(きん) • (enkin) ^{←ゑんきん (wenkin)?}

1. far and near