馬關

Chinese

		horse; surname	to close; to shut; to turn off to close; to shut; to turn off; to concern; to involve; mountain pass
trad. (馬關)		馬	關
simp. (马关)		马	关

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Mǎguān

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˇ ㄍㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maa⁵ gwaan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Mǎguān
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄍㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Mǎguan
    • Wade–Giles: Ma³-kuan¹
    • Yale: Mǎ-gwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Maaguan
    • Palladius: Магуань (Maguanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maa⁵ gwaan¹
    • Yale: máh gwāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maa⁵ gwaan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ma⁵ guan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maː¹³ kʷaːn⁵⁵/

Proper noun

馬關

1. (obsolete) (～市) Shimonoseki (a city in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan)
2. (～縣) Maguan (a county of Wenshan prefecture, Yunnan, China)

Synonyms

• (Shimonoseki): 下關／下关 (Xiàguān)

Derived terms

• 馬關條約／马关条约 (Mǎguān Tiáoyuē)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
馬	關
ば Grade: 2	かん Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Proper noun

馬(ば)關(かん) • (Bakan) 

1. former name of Shimonoseki City in Yamaguchi Prefecture prior to 1902

Synonyms

• (after 1902) 下関(しものせき) (Shimonoseki)