guan

See also guān, guǎn, and guàn

English

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Noun

guan (plural guans)

1. Any of several species of birds in the family Cracidae, limited to the Americas.

Derived terms

• Andean Guan
• Band-tailed Guan
• Baudo Guan
• Bearded Guan
• Black Guan
• Black-fronted Piping Guan
• Cauca Guan
• Chestnut-bellied Guan
• Common Piping Guan
• Crested Guan
• Dusky-legged Guan
• Highland Guan
• Horned Guan
• Marail Guan
• Red-faced Guan
• Rusty-margined Guan
• Sickle-winged Guan
• Spix's Guan
• Wattled Guan
• White-browed Guan
• White-crested Guan
• White-winged Guan

Translations

bird of the family Cracidae

Chamicuro: koc̈hoyi

Finnish: hokko (fi)

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Mandarin

Romanization

guan

1. Nonstandard spelling of guān.
2. Nonstandard spelling of guǎn.
3. Nonstandard spelling of guàn.

Usage notes

English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.