框框

Chinese

		frame; door frame	frame; door frame
simp. and trad. (框框)		框	框

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuàngkuang, kuāngkuāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄤˋ ˙ㄎㄨㄤ, ㄎㄨㄤ ㄎㄨㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwaang¹ kwaang¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kheng-kheng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuàngkuang
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄤˋ ˙ㄎㄨㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kuàngkuång
    • Wade–Giles: kʻuang⁴-kʻuang⁵
    • Yale: kwàng-kwang
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuanq.kuang
    • Palladius: куанкуан (kuankuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ɑŋ⁵¹ kʰu̯ɑŋ¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuāngkuāng → kuāngkuang (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄤ ㄎㄨㄤ → ㄎㄨㄤ ˙ㄎㄨㄤ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kuangkuång
    • Wade–Giles: kʻuang¹-kʻuang⁵
    • Yale: kwāng-kwang
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuang.kuang
    • Palladius: куанкуан (kuankuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ kʰu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/ → /kʰu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ kʰu̯ɑŋ²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kwaang¹ kwaang¹
    • Yale: kwāang kwāang
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwaang¹ kwaang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kuang¹ kuang¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰaːŋ⁵⁵ kʷʰaːŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kheng-kheng
    • Tâi-lô: khing-khing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qengqefng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiɪŋ³³ kʰiɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰiɪŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

框框

1. frame; framework
2. (figurative) convention; rules; restriction

Synonyms

• (convention): 框子 (kuàngzi)

Derived terms

• 條條框框／条条框框 (tiáotiáokuàngkuàng)