彈冠

Chinese

		bullet; shot; ball bullet; shot; ball; to play (a stringed instrument); to pluck a string; impeach	to head; hat; crown to head; hat; crown; crest; cap
trad. (彈冠)		彈	冠
simp. (弹冠)		弹	冠
Literally: “to flick dirt from hat of a bureaucrat (before one wears it)”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tánguān

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taan⁴ gun¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tánguān
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tánguan
    • Wade–Giles: tʻan²-kuan¹
    • Yale: tán-gwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tarnguan
    • Palladius: таньгуань (tanʹguanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰän³⁵ ku̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taan⁴ gun¹
    • Yale: tàahn gūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taan⁴ gun¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tan⁴ gun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːn²¹ kuːn⁵⁵/

Verb

彈⫽冠 (verb-object)

1. (literary, of an official) to start one's career

Antonyms

• 掛冠／挂冠 (guàguān)

Derived terms

• 彈冠相慶／弹冠相庆 (tánguānxiāngqìng)

 

See also

• 烏紗帽／乌纱帽 (wūshāmào)