四合院

Chinese

		four	to close; to gather; to join to close; to gather; to join; to fit; all; together	courtyard; institution
simp. and trad. (四合院)		四	合	院

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sìhéyuàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˋ ㄏㄜˊ ㄩㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sei³ hap⁶ jyun^6-2
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sì-ha̍p-īⁿ / sù-ha̍p-īⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sìhéyuàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄏㄜˊ ㄩㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìhhéyuàn
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ⁴-ho²-yüan⁴
    • Yale: sz̀-hé-ywàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhheryuann
    • Palladius: сыхэюань (syxɛjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹ xɤ³⁵ ɥɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sei³ hap⁶ jyun^6-2
    • Yale: sei hahp yún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sei³ hap⁹ jyn^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: séi³ heb⁶ yun^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³³ hɐp̚² jyːn²²⁻³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sì-ha̍p-īⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: sì-ha̍p-īnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sie'hab'vi
    • IPA (Taipei): /si¹¹⁻⁵³ hap̚⁴⁻³² ĩ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /si²¹⁻⁴¹ hap̚⁴⁻³² ĩ³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sù-ha̍p-īⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: sù-ha̍p-īnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suo'hab'vi
    • IPA (Taipei): /su¹¹⁻⁵³ hap̚⁴⁻³² ĩ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /su²¹⁻⁴¹ hap̚⁴⁻³² ĩ³³/

Noun

四合院

1. siheyuan; Chinese courtyard residence; Chinese quadrangle

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (四合院):

• → Japanese: 四(し)合(ごう)院(いん) (shigōin)
• → Korean: 사합원(四合院) (sahabwon)