縱觀
See also: 纵观
Chinese
editeven if; release; vertical | to look at; to watch; to observe to look at; to watch; to observe; to behold; Taoist monastery | ||
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trad. (縱觀) | 縱 | 觀 | |
simp. (纵观) | 纵 | 观 |
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄥˋ ㄍㄨㄢ
- Tongyong Pinyin: zòngguan
- Wade–Giles: tsung4-kuan1
- Yale: dzùng-gwān
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzonqguan
- Palladius: цзунгуань (czunguanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵/
- Homophones:
[Show/Hide] 綜觀/综观
縱觀/纵观
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: zung3 gun1
- Yale: jung gūn
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzung3 gun1
- Guangdong Romanization: zung3 gun1
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʊŋ³³ kuːn⁵⁵/
- Homophones:
綜觀/综观
縱觀/纵观
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Verb
edit縱觀
- to look far and wide; to make an overall observation
- 高祖常繇咸陽,縱觀,觀秦皇帝,喟然太息曰:「嗟乎,大丈夫當如此也!」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
- Gāozǔ cháng yáo Xiányáng, zòngguān, guān Qín huángdì, kuìrán tài xī yuē: “Jiēhū, dàzhàngfū dāng rúcǐ yě!” [Pinyin]
- Gaozu often served as a corvee laborer in Xianyang. [The Qin emperor was on an outing and there was] free rein to observe him. Gaozu observed the Qin emperor and sighed heavily, saying: "Ah! A true man should be like this!"
高祖常繇咸阳,纵观,观秦皇帝,喟然太息曰:「嗟乎,大丈夫当如此也!」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
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