看板

Chinese

		to see; to look at; to look after to see; to look at; to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard; it depends; think	board; plank; plate board; plank; plate; slab
trad. (看板)		看	板
simp. #(看板)		看	板

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 看板(かんばん) (kanban)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kànbǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄢˋ ㄅㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hon³ baan²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khàn-pán

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kànbǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄢˋ ㄅㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kànbǎn
    • Wade–Giles: kʻan⁴-pan³
    • Yale: kàn-bǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kannbaan
    • Palladius: каньбань (kanʹbanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰän⁵¹ pän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hon³ baan²
    • Yale: hon báan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hon³ baan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hon³ ban²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːn³³ paːn³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khàn-pán
    • Tâi-lô: khàn-pán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qarnparn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰan²¹⁻⁵³ pan⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰan⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ pan⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰan²¹⁻⁵³ pan⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰan¹¹⁻⁵³ pan⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰan²¹⁻⁴¹ pan⁴¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 看板

1. signboard; billboard

Synonyms

• 廣告牌／广告牌 (guǎnggàopái)
• 招牌 (zhāopái)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
看	板
かん Grade: 6	ばん Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

看(かん)板(ばん) • (kanban) 

1. signboard
2. feature, highlight
3. reputation, public trust of a shop
4. name, public appearance
5. closing time of a shop

Derived terms

• 看板娘(かんばんむすめ) (kanban musume)

Descendants

• English: kanban

See also

• サイン (sain)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
看	板

Noun

看板 • (ganpan) (hangeul 간판)

1. Hanja form^? of 간판 (“signboard”).