幅員

Chinese

		(measure word for textile or picture); width; roll	the area surrounding something; surroundings; vicinity the area surrounding something; surroundings; vicinity; around; about
trad. (幅員)		幅	員
simp. (幅员)		幅	员

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fúyuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ ㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fuk¹ jyun⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hok-oân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fúyuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fúyuán
    • Wade–Giles: fu²-yüan²
    • Yale: fú-ywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwuyuan
    • Palladius: фуюань (fujuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵ ɥɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fuk¹ jyun⁴
    • Yale: fūk yùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fuk⁷ jyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fug¹ yun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊk̚⁵ jyːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hok-oân
    • Tâi-lô: hok-uân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hok'oaan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔk̚³²⁻⁴ uan²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ uan²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔk̚³²⁻⁵ uan¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔk̚³²⁻⁴ uan²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔk̚³²⁻⁴ uan²³/

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• Middle Chinese: pjuwk hjun

Rime
Character	幅	員
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	東 (4)	文 (59)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	方六切	王分切
Baxter	pjuwk	hjun
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pɨuk̚/	/ɦɨun/
Pan Wuyun	/piuk̚/	/ɦiun/
Shao Rongfen	/piuk̚/	/ɣiuən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/puwk̚/	/ɦun/
Li Rong	/piuk̚/	/ɣiuən/
Wang Li	/pĭuk̚/	/ɣĭuən/
Bernard Karlgren	/pi̯uk̚/	/i̯uən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fu	yún
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fuk1	wan4

Noun

幅員

1. size of a country's territory

   • 以如此幅員之大，而皇朝乃有甲申三月之變，何也？ [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]

     From: 1787, 《宋子大全》

     i yeocha pogwon ji dae, i hwangjo nae yu gapsin samwol ji byeon, ha ya? [Sino-Korean]

     Despite such greatness of territory, the imperial dynasty had the incident of the third month of 1644; how could this be?

2. (by extension) size; range

Synonyms

• (size of a country's territory):

• 區宇／区宇 (qūyǔ) (literary)
• 國土／国土 (guótǔ) (of a country)
• 國界／国界 (guójiè) (national boundary)
• 土地
• 境界 (jìngjiè)
• 提封 (tífēng) (literary)
• 版圖／版图 (bǎntú)
• 版籍 (bǎnjí) (literary)
• 疆土 (jiāngtǔ) (of a country)
• 疆域 (jiāngyù)
• 疆理 (jiānglǐ) (literary)
• 疆界 (jiāngjiè)
• 領土／领土 (lǐngtǔ)
• 領地／领地 (lǐngdì)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (幅員):

• → Japanese: 幅員(ふくいん) (fukuin)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
幅	員
ふく Grade: S	いん Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ふくいん [fùkúíń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝkɯ̟ᵝĩɴ]

Noun

幅(ふく)員(いん) • (fukuin) ^{←ふくゐん (fukwin)?}

1. width of a road or bridge