果敢

Chinese

		fruit; result	dare
trad. (果敢)		果	敢
simp. #(果敢)		果	敢

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guǒgǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛˇ ㄍㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwo² gam²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guǒgǎn [Phonetic: guógǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˇ ㄍㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guǒgǎn
    • Wade–Giles: kuo³-kan³
    • Yale: gwǒ-gǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guoogaan
    • Palladius: гогань (goganʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwo² gam²
    • Yale: gwó gám
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwo² gam²
    • Guangdong Romanization: guo² gem²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔː³⁵ kɐm³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: kwaX kamX

Rime
Character	果	敢
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	戈 (95)	談 (143)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	古火切	古覽切
Baxter	kwaX	kamX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuɑX/	/kɑmX/
Pan Wuyun	/kuɑX/	/kɑmX/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɑX/	/kɑmX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwaX/	/kamX/
Li Rong	/kuɑX/	/kɑmX/
Wang Li	/kuɑX/	/kɑmX/
Bernard Karlgren	/kuɑX/	/kɑmX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guǒ	gǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwo2	gam2

Etymology 1

Adjective

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1. courageous and resolute; resolute and daring

Synonyms

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• 勇敢 (yǒnggǎn)
• 勇猛 (yǒngměng)
• 大無畏／大无畏 (dàwúwèi) (utterly fearless)
• 無畏／无畏 (wúwèi)
• 神勇 (shényǒng) (extraordinarily brave)
• 英勇 (yīngyǒng)

 

Antonyms

• 懦弱 (nuòruò)
• 喪膽／丧胆 (sàngdǎn)

Etymology 2

From Burmese ကိုးကန့် (kui:kan.).

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 果敢

1. (～自治區) Kokang (special region of Myanmar)
2. (～人, ～族) Kokang people

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