試管

Chinese

		to test; to try; experiment to test; to try; experiment; examination; test	to take care (of); to control; to manage to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; tube; pipe
trad. (試管)		試	管
simp. (试管)		试	管

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìguǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄍㄨㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si³ gun²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhì-kńg / chhì-kúiⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìguǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄍㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhguǎn
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-kuan³
    • Yale: shr̀-gwǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhgoan
    • Palladius: шигуань (šiguanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ku̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìguǎnr
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄍㄨㄢˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhguǎnr
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-kuan³-ʼrh
    • Yale: shr̀-gwǎnr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhgoal
    • Palladius: шигуаньр (šiguanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ku̯ɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: si³ gun²
    • Yale: si gún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si³ gun²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi³ gun²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː³³ kuːn³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 使館／使馆 試管／试管

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhì-kńg
    • Tâi-lô: tshì-kńg
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chie'kngr
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰi²¹⁻⁵³ kŋ̍⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kŋ̍⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhì-kúiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tshì-kuínn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chie'kvuie
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰi²¹⁻⁵³ kuĩ⁵³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 試管

1. (chemistry) test tube
2. (colloquial) Short for 試管嬰兒／试管婴儿 (shìguǎn yīng'ér, “in vitro fertilisation (IVF)”).

   做試管／做试管  ―  zuò shìguǎn  ―  to go through IVF