關節

See also: 关节

Chinese

		to close; to shut; to turn off to close; to shut; to turn off; to concern; to involve; mountain pass	festival; section; segment festival; section; segment; point; part; to economize; to save; temperate
trad. (關節)		關	節
simp. (关节)		关	节

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guānjié

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢ ㄐㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaan¹ zit³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kôan-chiet
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): koan-chat / koan-chiat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guānjié
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢ ㄐㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guanjié
    • Wade–Giles: kuan¹-chieh²
    • Yale: gwān-jyé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guanjye
    • Palladius: гуаньцзе (guanʹcze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guānjiér
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢ ㄐㄧㄝˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guanjiér
    • Wade–Giles: kuan¹-chieh²-ʼrh
    • Yale: gwān-jyér
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guanjye'l
    • Palladius: гуаньцзер (guanʹczer)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwaan¹ zit³
    • Yale: gwāan jit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwaan¹ dzit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: guan¹ jid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaːn⁵⁵ t͡siːt̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kôan-chiet
    • Hakka Romanization System: guan^ˊ jied^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: guan¹ jiad⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /ku̯an²⁴ t͡si̯et̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koan-chat
    • Tâi-lô: kuan-tsat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koanzad
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kuan⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sat̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kuan⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sat̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kuan³³ t͡sat̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koan-chiat
    • Tâi-lô: kuan-tsiat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koanciad
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kuan⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kuan⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɛt̚³²/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 關節

1. (anatomy) joint (where bones connect)
2. (figurative) critical point; crucial phase; crux
3. (figurative, dated) secret deals involving bribery or connections

Synonyms

• (joint): (Min Nan) 骨目

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (關節):

• → Japanese: 関節(かんせつ) (kansetsu)
• → Korean: 관절(關節) (gwanjeol)