冠玉

Chinese

		to head; hat; crown to head; hat; crown; crest; cap	jade
simp. and trad. (冠玉)		冠	玉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guānyù

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢ ㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gun¹ juk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guānyù
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢ ㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guanyù
    • Wade–Giles: kuan¹-yü⁴
    • Yale: gwān-yù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guanyuh
    • Palladius: гуаньюй (guanʹjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än⁵⁵ y⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gun¹ juk⁶
    • Yale: gūn yuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gun¹ juk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gun¹ yug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuːn⁵⁵ jʊk̚²/

Noun

冠玉

1. (literary) an ornamental piece of jade which adorns a hat

Derived terms

• 美如冠玉
• 面如冠玉 (miàn rú guānyù)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (冠玉):

• → Korean: 관옥(冠玉) (gwanok)
• → Vietnamese: quan ngọc (冠玉)