陽關道

Chinese

		Yang Pass, Yangguan Pass	direction; way; method direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk
trad. (陽關道)		陽關	道
simp. (阳关道)		阳关	道

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yángguāndào

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˊ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄉㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng⁴ gwaan¹ dou⁶

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yángguāndào
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˊ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄉㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yángguandào
    • Wade–Giles: yang²-kuan¹-tao⁴
    • Yale: yáng-gwān-dàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yangguandaw
    • Palladius: янгуаньдао (janguanʹdao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ³⁵ ku̯än⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: joeng⁴ gwaan¹ dou⁶
    • Yale: yèuhng gwāan douh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joeng⁴ gwaan¹ dou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêng⁴ guan¹ dou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːŋ²¹ kʷaːn⁵⁵ tou̯²²/

Noun

陽關道

1. (historical) road from the Yang Pass to the Western Regions
2. (figurative) wide and flat road; road that is unchallenging to pass

   今後他走他的陽關道，我走我的獨木橋，老死不相往來。 [MSC, trad.]
   今后他走他的阳关道，我走我的独木桥，老死不相往来。 [MSC, simp.]

   Jīnhòu tā zǒu tā de yángguāndào, wǒ zǒu wǒ de dúmùqiáo, lǎosǐ bùxiāng wǎnglái. [Pinyin]

   From now on, he goes his way and I'll go mine. We will be two parallel worlds.

Synonyms

• 陽關大道／阳关大道 (yángguān dàdào)