貞觀

Chinese

		chaste	to look at; to watch; to observe to look at; to watch; to observe; to behold; Taoist monastery
trad. (貞觀)		貞	觀
simp. (贞观)		贞	观

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Zhēnguàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣ ㄍㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing¹ gun³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Zhēnguàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣ ㄍㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jhenguàn
    • Wade–Giles: Chên¹-kuan⁴
    • Yale: Jēn-gwàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jenguann
    • Palladius: Чжэньгуань (Čžɛnʹguanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ ku̯än⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zing¹ gun³
    • Yale: jīng gun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing¹ gun³
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing¹ gun³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ kuːn³³/

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• Middle Chinese: trjeng kwanH

Rime
Character	貞	觀
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Initial (聲)	知 (9)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	清 (121)	桓 (62)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	陟盈切	古玩切
Baxter	trjeng	kwanH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈiᴇŋ/	/kuɑnH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈiɛŋ/	/kʷɑnH/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶiæŋ/	/kuɑnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈiajŋ/	/kwanH/
Li Rong	/ȶiɛŋ/	/kuɑnH/
Wang Li	/ȶĭɛŋ/	/kuɑnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȶi̯ɛŋ/	/kuɑnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhēng	guàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zing1	gun3

Proper noun

貞觀

1. era name of Emperor Taizong of Tang (627—649)
2. one of the era names of Emperor Chongzong of Western Xia (1101–1113)

Derived terms

• 貞觀之治／贞观之治