器官

Chinese

		device; tool; utensil	official; government; organ of body
trad. (器官)		器	官
simp. #(器官)		器	官

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qìguān

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˋ ㄍㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei³ gun¹

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hi-kôn
• Eastern Min (BUC): ké-guăng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khì-koan

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ki³ guan¹

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qìguān
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˋ ㄍㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cìguan
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi⁴-kuan¹
    • Yale: chì-gwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chihguan
    • Palladius: цигуань (ciguanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei³ gun¹
    • Yale: hei gūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei³ gun¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi³ gun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³³ kuːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hi-kôn
    • Hakka Romanization System: hi gon^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hi⁴ gon¹
    • Sinological IPA: /hi⁵⁵ kon²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ké-guăng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰi²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ^(k-)uaŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khì-koan
    • Tâi-lô: khì-kuan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qie'koafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰi²¹⁻⁵³ kuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kuan³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi²¹⁻⁵³ kuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰi¹¹⁻⁵³ kuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi²¹⁻⁴¹ kuan⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ki³ guan¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khì kuaⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰi²¹³⁻⁵⁵ kũã³³/

Noun

器官

1. (medicine, biology) organ

   淋巴器官  ―  línbā qìguān  ―  lymphoid organ

   呼吸器官  ―  hūxī qìguān  ―  respiratory organ

Synonyms

• (literary, or in compounds) 器 (qì)

Derived terms

• 中空器官
• 呼吸器官
• 器官移植 (qìguān yízhí)
• 器官系統 / 器官系统 (qìguān xìtǒng)
• 循環器官 / 循环器官
• 性器官 (xìngqìguān)
• 感覺器官 / 感觉器官
• 排泄器官
• 泌尿器官
• 消化器官 (xiāohuà qìguān)
• 生命器官 (shēngmìng qìguān)
• 生殖器官 (shēngzhí qìguān)
• 運動器官 / 运动器官
• 靶器官 (bǎqìguān)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
器	官
き Grade: 4	かん Grade: 4
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
器官 (kyūjitai)

Noun

器(き)官(かん) • (kikan) 

1. the largest parts of an organism; organ

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.