冠詞

See also: 冠词

Chinese

		to head; hat; crown to head; hat; crown; crest; cap	word; phrase; classical Chinese poem
trad. (冠詞)		冠	詞
simp. (冠词)		冠	词

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guàncí

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢˋ ㄘˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gun³ ci⁴
• Eastern Min (BUC): guáng-sṳ̀
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): koàn-sû
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵kuoe-zy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guàncí
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢˋ ㄘˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guàncíh
    • Wade–Giles: kuan⁴-tzʻŭ²
    • Yale: gwàn-tsź
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guanntsyr
    • Palladius: гуаньцы (guanʹcy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än⁵¹ t͡sʰɹ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gun³ ci⁴
    • Yale: gun chìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gun³ tsi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gun³ qi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuːn³³ t͡sʰiː²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: guáng-sṳ̀
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuaŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ^(s-)ny⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koàn-sû
    • Tâi-lô: kuàn-sû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koarnsuu
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuan²¹⁻⁴¹ su²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /kuan¹¹⁻⁵³ su²⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵kuoe-zy
    • MiniDict: kuoe^去 zy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²kuoe-zr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kuø³³ zɹ̩⁴⁴/

Noun

冠詞

1. (grammar) article (such as the words “the” and “a/an”)

Derived terms

• 不定冠詞 / 不定冠词 (bùdìng guàncí)
• 定冠詞 / 定冠词 (dìngguàncí)
• 零冠詞 / 零冠词 (língguàncí)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (冠詞):

• → Japanese: 冠詞(かんし) (kanshi)
• → Korean: 관사(冠詞) (gwansa)
• → Vietnamese: quán từ (冠詞)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
冠	詞
かん Grade: S	し Grade: 6
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kã̠ɰ̃ɕi]
• (Tokyo) かんし [kàńshí] (Heiban – [0])

Noun

冠(かん)詞(し) • (kanshi) ^{←くわんし (kwansi)?}

1. (grammar) article

Derived terms

• 定冠詞(ていかんし) (teikanshi): definite article
• 不定冠詞(ふていかんし) (futeikanshi): indefinite article
• 無冠詞(むかんし) (mukanshi): articleless

References

• “冠詞”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Further reading

• Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN
• Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
• Kitahara, Yasuo, editor (2002), 明鏡国語辞典 [Meikyō Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
冠	詞

Noun

冠詞 • (gwansa) (hangeul 관사)

1. hanja form^? of 관사 (“article”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
冠	詞

Noun

冠詞

1. chữ Hán form of quán từ (“article”)