放寬

Chinese

		to release; to free; to let go to release; to free; to let go; to put; to place; to let out	lenient; wide; broad
trad. (放寬)		放	寬
simp. (放宽)		放	宽

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fàngkuān

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄤˋ ㄎㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fong³ fun¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pàng-khoan / hòng-khoan

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fàngkuān
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˋ ㄎㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fàngkuan
    • Wade–Giles: fang⁴-kʻuan¹
    • Yale: fàng-kwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fanqkuan
    • Palladius: фанкуань (fankuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ⁵¹ kʰu̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fong³ fun¹
    • Yale: fong fūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fong³ fun¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fong³ fun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ³³ fuːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pàng-khoan
    • Tâi-lô: pàng-khuan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: parngqoafn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /paŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰuan³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /paŋ²¹⁻⁵³ kʰuan⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hòng-khoan
    • Tâi-lô: hòng-khuan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: horngqoafn
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ kʰuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰuan⁴⁴/

Verb

放寬

1. to relax (restrictions); to ease
2. to let out (e.g., a dress)