留觀

Chinese

		leave (message); to retain; to stay leave (message); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve	to look at; to watch; to observe to look at; to watch; to observe; to behold; Taoist monastery
trad. (留觀)		留	觀
simp. (留观)		留	观

Etymology

Short for 留院觀察／留院观察 (liúyuàn guānchá).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liúguān

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄍㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁴ gun¹
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): liu⁵ guang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liúguān
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄍㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lióuguan
    • Wade–Giles: liu²-kuan¹
    • Yale: lyóu-gwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liouguan
    • Palladius: люгуань (ljuguanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯³⁵ ku̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lau⁴ gun¹
    • Yale: làuh gūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁴ gun¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: leo⁴ gun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²¹ kuːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: liu⁵ guang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: liû kuang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kuaŋ³³/

Verb

留觀

1. (medicine) to keep (a patient) in hospital for observation; to observe