陽關

See also: 阳关

Chinese

		positive (electric.); sun; male	to close; to shut; to turn off to close; to shut; to turn off; to concern; to involve; mountain pass
trad. (陽關)		陽	關
simp. (阳关)		阳	关

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yángguān

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˊ ㄍㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng⁴ gwaan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yángguān
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˊ ㄍㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yángguan
    • Wade–Giles: Yang²-kuan¹
    • Yale: Yáng-gwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yangguan
    • Palladius: Янгуань (Janguanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ³⁵ ku̯än⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: joeng⁴ gwaan¹
    • Yale: yèuhng gwāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joeng⁴ gwaan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêng⁴ guan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːŋ²¹ kʷaːn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: yang kwaen

Rime
Character	陽	關
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)	刪 (70)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	與章切	古還切
Baxter	yang	kwaen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨɐŋ/	/kˠuan/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɐŋ/	/kʷᵚan/
Shao Rongfen	/iɑŋ/	/kuɐn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jɨaŋ/	/kwaɨn/
Li Rong	/iaŋ/	/kuan/
Wang Li	/jĭaŋ/	/kwan/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯aŋ/	/kwan/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yáng	guān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	joeng4	gwaan1

Proper noun

陽關

1. Yang Pass, Yangguan Pass (mountain pass that was fortified by Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty around 120 BC in modern Gansu, China)

   • 勸君更盡一杯酒，西出陽關無故人。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     劝君更尽一杯酒，西出阳关无故人。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 8th century, 王維 (Wang Wei), 渭城曲 (A Song at Weicheng)

     Quàn jūn gèng jìn yī bēi jiǔ, xī chū Yángguān wú gùrén. [Pinyin]

     Wait till we empty one more cup –
     West of Yang Gate there'll be no old friends.

2. (～鎮) Yangguan (a town in Dunhuang, Jiuquan, Gansu, China)