紅棍

Chinese

		red; revolutionary; prosperity red; revolutionary; prosperity; bonus; popular	stick
trad. (紅棍)		紅	棍
simp. (红棍)		红	棍

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hónggùn

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung⁴ gwan³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hónggùn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hónggùn
    • Wade–Giles: hung²-kun⁴
    • Yale: húng-gwùn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: horngguenn
    • Palladius: хунгунь (xungunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ³⁵ ku̯ən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hung⁴ gwan³
    • Yale: hùhng gwan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung⁴ gwan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung⁴ guen³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ²¹ kʷɐn³³/

Noun

紅棍

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, crime, cant) red pole (a martial commander in a triad, similar to a caporegime in the Mafia)