關山

Chinese

		to close; to shut; to turn off to close; to shut; to turn off; to concern; to involve; mountain pass	mountain; hill
trad. (關山)		關	山
simp. (关山)		关	山

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guānshān

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢ ㄕㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaan¹ saan¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): koan-san

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guānshān
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢ ㄕㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guanshan
    • Wade–Giles: kuan¹-shan¹
    • Yale: gwān-shān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guanshan
    • Palladius: гуаньшань (guanʹšanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än⁵⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwaan¹ saan¹
    • Yale: gwāan sāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwaan¹ saan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: guan¹ san¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaːn⁵⁵ saːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koan-san
    • Tâi-lô: kuan-san
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koansafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kuan⁴⁴⁻²² san⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kuan³³ san³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuan⁴⁴⁻²² san⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kuan⁴⁴⁻³³ san⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuan⁴⁴⁻³³ san⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: kwaen srean

Rime
Character	關	山
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	刪 (70)	山 (73)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	II	II
Fanqie	古還切	所閒切
Baxter	kwaen	srean
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠuan/	/ʃˠɛn/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷᵚan/	/ʃᵚæn/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɐn/	/ʃæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwaɨn/	/ʂəɨn/
Li Rong	/kuan/	/ʃɛn/
Wang Li	/kwan/	/ʃæn/
Bernard Karlgren	/kwan/	/ʂăn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guān	shān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwaan1	saan1

Noun

關山

1. (literary) mountains and mountain passes

   • 萬里赴戎機，關山度若飛。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     万里赴戎机，关山度若飞。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 《木蘭詩》 (Ballad of Mulan)

     Wànlǐ fù róngjī, guānshān dù ruò fēi. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Proper noun

關山

1. (～街道) Guanshan (a subdistrict of Hongshan district, Wuhan, Hubei, China)
2. (～鎮) Guanshan (an urban township in Taitung County, Taiwan)

   Synonym: 里壠