血管

Chinese

		blood	to take care (of); to control; to manage to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; tube; pipe
trad. (血管)		血	管
simp. #(血管)		血	管

Etymology

First attested in 全體新論 [1851] by Benjamin Hobson (Chen, 2023).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): xuèguǎn, xuěguǎn, xiěguǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄍㄨㄢˇ, ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄍㄨㄢˇ, ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄍㄨㄢˇ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): xue² guan³

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): щегуан (xi͡əguan, I-III)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hyut³ gun²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hiet-kón / hiat-kón
• Northern Min (KCR): huăi-gǒng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hiat-koán / huih-kńg / hoeh-kńg / hoeh-kúiⁿ / hoeh-kún / huih-kún / hoeh-kín

  (Teochew, Peng'im): huêh⁴ guang²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuèguǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄍㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuèguǎn
    • Wade–Giles: hsüeh⁴-kuan³
    • Yale: sywè-gwǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuehgoan
    • Palladius: сюэгуань (sjueguanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹ ku̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (血管兒／血管儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuèguǎnr
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄍㄨㄢˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuèguǎnr
    • Wade–Giles: hsüeh⁴-kuan³-ʼrh
    • Yale: sywè-gwǎnr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuehgoal
    • Palladius: сюэгуаньр (sjueguanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹ ku̯ɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuěguǎn [Phonetic: xuéguǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄍㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuěguǎn
    • Wade–Giles: hsüeh³-kuan³
    • Yale: sywě-gwǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheuegoan
    • Palladius: сюэгуань (sjueguanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; colloquial in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiěguǎn [Phonetic: xiéguǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄍㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siěguǎn
    • Wade–Giles: hsieh³-kuan³
    • Yale: syě-gwǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shieegoan
    • Palladius: сегуань (seguanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: xue² guan³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xyeguan
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕye²¹ kuan⁵³/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: щегуан (xi͡əguan, I-III)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiə²⁴ kuæ̃⁴⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hyut³ gun²
    • Yale: hyut gún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hyt⁸ gun²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hüd³ gun²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hyːt̚³ kuːn³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hiet-kón
    • Hakka Romanization System: hied` gon`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hiad⁵ gon³
    • Sinological IPA: /hi̯et̚² kon³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hiat-kón
    • Hakka Romanization System: hiad` gon`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hiad⁵ gon³
    • Sinological IPA: /hi̯at̚² kon³¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: huăi-gǒng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xuai²⁴ kɔŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiat-koán
    • Tâi-lô: hiat-kuán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiatkoarn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ kuan⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɛt̚³²⁻⁵ kuan⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ kuan⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: huih-kńg
    • Tâi-lô: huih-kńg
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huihk'ngr
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /hui(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kŋ̍⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hui(ʔ)⁵ kŋ̍⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoeh-kńg
    • Tâi-lô: hueh-kńg
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoehk'ngr
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ kŋ̍⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoeh-kúiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: hueh-kuínn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoehkvuie
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kuĩ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoeh-kún
    • Tâi-lô: hueh-kún
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoehkuon
    • IPA (Singapore): /hue(ʔ)³²⁻⁴² kun⁴²/
  • (Hokkien: Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: huih-kún
    • Tâi-lô: huih-kún
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huihkuon
    • IPA (Singapore): /hui(ʔ)³²⁻⁴² kun⁴²/
  • (Hokkien: Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoeh-kín
    • Tâi-lô: hueh-kín
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoehkien
    • IPA (Penang): /hue(ʔ)³⁻⁴ kin⁴⁴⁵/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: huêh⁴ guang²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hueh kuáng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hueʔ²⁻⁴ kuaŋ⁵²⁻²¹/

Noun

血管

1. blood vessel

Synonyms

• 血筋 (Hokkien)
• 血管兒／血管儿 (xyeh⁴ guanr²) (Jin, chiefly Mandarin)

 

Derived terms

• 微絲血管／微丝血管
• 微血管
• 心血管 (xīnxuèguǎn)
• 毛細血管／毛细血管 (máoxì xuèguǎn)
• 血管性 (xuèguǎnxìng)
• 血管攝影／血管摄影 (xuèguǎn shèyǐng)
• 血管收縮素／血管收缩素 (xuèguǎnshōusuōsù)
• 血管硬化 (xuèguǎn yìnghuà)
• 血管緊張素／血管紧张素 (xuèguǎnjǐnzhāngsù)
• 血管造影 (xuèguǎn zàoyǐng)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
血	管
けつ > けっ Grade: 3	かん Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) けっかん [kèkkáń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ke̞k̚kã̠ɴ]

Noun

血(けっ)管(かん) • (kekkan) 

1. (anatomy) blood vessel

See also

• 動脈(どうみゃく) (dōmyaku): artery
• 静脈(じょうみゃく) (jōmyaku): vein

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
血	管

Noun

血管 • (hyeolgwan) (hangeul 혈관)

1. Hanja form^? of 혈관 (“blood vessel”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
血	管

Noun

血管

1. chữ Hán form of huyết quản (“blood vessel”).