堪輿

Chinese

		endure	carriage; sedan chair; world
trad. (堪輿)		堪	輿
simp. (堪舆)		堪	舆

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kānyú

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄢ ㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ham¹ jyu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kānyú
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄢ ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kanyú
    • Wade–Giles: kʻan¹-yü²
    • Yale: kān-yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kanyu
    • Palladius: каньюй (kanʹjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰän⁵⁵ y³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ham¹ jyu⁴
    • Yale: hām yùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ham¹ jy⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hem¹ yu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐm⁵⁵ jyː²¹/

Noun

堪輿

1. (literary) heaven and earth
2. Alternative name for 風水／风水 (fēngshuǐ, “geomancy”).

Derived terms

• 堪輿家／堪舆家
• 堪輿術／堪舆术

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (堪輿):

• → Japanese: 堪(かん)輿(よ) (kan'yo)
• → Korean: 감여(堪輿) (gamyeo)
• → Vietnamese: kham dư (堪輿)