勾陳

Chinese

		affair; to reach for (with hand); to cancel affair; to reach for (with hand); to cancel; to delineate; hook	arrange; exhibit; narrate arrange; exhibit; narrate; tell; old; stale; state; display; explain; surname
trad. (勾陳)		勾	陳
simp. (勾陈)		勾	陈
alternative forms		鉤陳／钩陈

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Gōuchén

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄡ ㄔㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngau¹ can⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Gōuchén
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄡ ㄔㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Gouchén
    • Wade–Giles: Kou¹-chʻên²
    • Yale: Gōu-chén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Gouchern
    • Palladius: Гоучэнь (Goučɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngau¹ can⁴
    • Yale: ngāu chàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngau¹ tsan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngeo¹ cen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐu̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐn²¹/

Proper noun

勾陳

1. (uranography) Gou Chen or “Curved Array”, an asterism in the Purple Forbidden enclosure consisting of six stars, corresponding to the Western constellations of Ursa Minor and Cepheus. In ancient times, this asterism represented the Emperor's harem.