銜冤

Chinese

		hold in mouth; nominal office	injustice; to wrong
trad. (銜冤)		銜	冤
simp. (衔冤)		衔	冤

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiányuān

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄩㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ham⁴ jyun¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiányuān
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄩㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siányuan
    • Wade–Giles: hsien²-yüan¹
    • Yale: syán-ywān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyaniuan
    • Palladius: сяньюань (sjanʹjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ ɥɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ham⁴ jyun¹
    • Yale: hàhm yūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ham⁴ jyn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hem⁴ yun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐm²¹ jyːn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: haem 'jwon

Rime
Character	銜	冤
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	銜 (149)	元 (66)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	戸監切	於袁切
Baxter	haem	'jwon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠam/	/ʔʉɐn/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦᵚam/	/ʔʷiɐn/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣam/	/ʔiuɐn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦaɨm/	/ʔuan/
Li Rong	/ɣam/	/ʔiuɐn/
Wang Li	/ɣam/	/ĭwɐn/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣam/	/ʔi̯wɐn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xián	yuān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	haam4	jyun1

Verb

銜冤

1. (literary) to suffer an injustice; to be wronged; to suffer false accusations

   • 偏城孤將，銜冤就虜。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     偏城孤将，衔冤就虏。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: Shen Yue, Book of Song, 492-493 CE

     Piān chéng gū jiāng, xiányuān jiù lǔ. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

• 含冤 (hányuān)
• 抱冤 (bàoyuān)