邊關

See also: 边关

Chinese

		side; edge; margin side; edge; margin; border; boundary	to close; to shut; to turn off to close; to shut; to turn off; to concern; to involve; mountain pass
trad. (邊關)		邊	關
simp. (边关)		边	关

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biānguān

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢ ㄍㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bin¹ gwaan¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pian-koan

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biānguān
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢ ㄍㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bianguan
    • Wade–Giles: pien¹-kuan¹
    • Yale: byān-gwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bianguan
    • Palladius: бяньгуань (bjanʹguanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ku̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bin¹ gwaan¹
    • Yale: bīn gwāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bin¹ gwaan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bin¹ guan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːn⁵⁵ kʷaːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pian-koan
    • Tâi-lô: pian-kuan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pienkoafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /piɛn⁴⁴⁻²² kuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /piɛn³³ kuan³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɛn⁴⁴⁻²² kuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /piɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ kuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ kuan⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: pen kwaen

Rime
Character	邊	關
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	先 (85)	刪 (70)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	IV	II
Fanqie	布玄切	古還切
Baxter	pen	kwaen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pen/	/kˠuan/
Pan Wuyun	/pen/	/kʷᵚan/
Shao Rongfen	/pɛn/	/kuɐn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pɛn/	/kwaɨn/
Li Rong	/pen/	/kuan/
Wang Li	/pien/	/kwan/
Bernard Karlgren	/pien/	/kwan/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	biān	guān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bin1	gwaan1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*pˤe[n]  [k]ˤro[n]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*mpeːn  kroːn/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	邊	關
Reading #	1/1	1/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	biān	guān
Middle Chinese	‹ pen ›	‹ kwæn ›
Old Chinese	/*pˁe[n]/	/*[k]ˁro[n]/
English	side	barrier
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	邊	關
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	9056	8640
Phonetic component	臱	卵
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	2	3
Corresponding MC rime	邊	關
Old Chinese	/*mpeːn/	/*kroːn/

Noun

邊關

1. frontier pass; border station; strategic defensive position on frontier

Related terms

• 關口／关口 (guānkǒu)