輪廓

See also: 轮廓

Chinese

		wheel; gear; (by) turn wheel; gear; (by) turn; rotate	big; empty; open
trad. (輪廓)		輪	廓
simp. (轮廓)		轮	廓

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lúnkuò

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄣˊ ㄎㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leon⁴ kwok³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lûn-koh

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lúnkuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄣˊ ㄎㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lúnkuò
    • Wade–Giles: lun²-kʻuo⁴
    • Yale: lwún-kwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luenkuoh
    • Palladius: лунько (lunʹko)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ən³⁵ kʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: leon⁴ kwok³
    • Yale: lèuhn kwok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loen⁴ kwok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: lên⁴ kuog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵn²¹ kʷʰɔːk̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lûn-koh
    • Tâi-lô: lûn-koh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lunkoiq
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /lun²⁴⁻²² koʔ⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /lun²⁴⁻²² koʔ³²/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /lun¹³⁻²² koʔ³²/

Noun

輪廓

1. outline; contour; figure; silhouette
2. rough sketch

Synonyms

• (rough sketch):

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• 事由 (shìyóu) (of an official document)
• 匯總 / 汇总 (huìzǒng)
• 大綱 / 大纲 (dàgāng)
• 大要 (dàyào)
• 小結 / 小结 (xiǎojié)
• 提綱 / 提纲 (tígāng)
• 提要 (tíyào)
• 摘要 (zhāiyào)
• 撮要 (cuōyào) (dated)
• 擇要 / 择要 (zéyào)
• 梗概 (gěnggài)
• 概括 (gàikuò)
• 概況 / 概况 (gàikuàng)
• 概略 (gàilüè)
• 概要 (gàiyào)
• 概說 / 概说 (gàishuō) (often used in book and chapter titles)
• 概貌 (gàimào)
• 概述 (gàishù)
• 節略 / 节略 (jiélüè)
• 綱要 / 纲要 (gāngyào)
• 綱領 / 纲领 (gānglǐng)
• 總結 / 总结 (zǒngjié)
• 總綱 / 总纲 (zǒnggāng)
• 要略 (yàolüè) (often used in book and chapter titles)
• 鳥瞰 / 鸟瞰 (niǎokàn)

Related terms

• 線條／线条 (xiàntiáo)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
輪	廓
りん Grade: 4	かく Hyōgai
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 輪廓 – see the following entry.

【輪郭りんかく】 [noun] contours, outlines

(This term, 輪廓, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

• “輪^▲廓”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
輪	廓

Proper noun

輪廓 • (yun'gwak) (hangeul 윤곽)

1. hanja form^? of 윤곽 (“contour, outline”)