圍墾

Chinese

		to circle; to surround	reclaim (land)
trad. (圍墾)		圍	墾
simp. (围垦)		围	垦

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wéikěn

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˊ ㄎㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁴ han²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ûi-khún

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wéikěn
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄎㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wéikěn
    • Wade–Giles: wei²-kʻên³
    • Yale: wéi-kěn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weikeen
    • Palladius: вэйкэнь (vɛjkɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯³⁵ kʰən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai⁴ han²
    • Yale: wàih hán
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁴ han²
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei⁴ hen²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²¹ hɐn³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ûi-khún
    • Tâi-lô: uî-khún
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ui'quon
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui¹³⁻²² kʰun⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ui²⁴⁻²² kʰun⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ui²⁴⁻²² kʰun⁵⁵⁴/

Verb

圍墾

1. to reclaim land from marshes by building dykes; to enclose tideland for cultivation