堪輿

Chinese

		endure	carriage; sedan chair; world
trad. (堪輿)		堪	輿
simp. (堪舆)		堪	舆

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kānyú

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄢ ㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ham¹ jyu⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kham-û

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kānyú
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄢ ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kanyú
    • Wade–Giles: kʻan¹-yü²
    • Yale: kān-yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kanyu
    • Palladius: каньюй (kanʹjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰän⁵⁵ y³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ham¹ jyu⁴
    • Yale: hām yùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ham¹ jy⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hem¹ yu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐm⁵⁵ jyː²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kham-û
    • Tâi-lô: kham-û
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qam'uu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰam⁴⁴⁻²² u²⁴/

Noun

堪輿

1. (literary) heaven and earth
2. Alternative name for 風水／风水 (fēngshuǐ, “geomancy”).

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 風水 (“feng shui”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		風水, 堪輿
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	風水
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	風水
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	風水
Cantonese	Hong Kong	風水
Gan	Nanchang	風水
	Pingxiang	風水
Hakka	Yudu	風水
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	風水, 地理
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	風水, 地理
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	風水, 地理
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	風水, 地理
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	風水, 地理
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	風水, 地理
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	風水, 地理
Huizhou	Jixi	風水
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	風水, 地理
Southern Min	Xiamen	風水
	Quanzhou	風水
	Zhangzhou	風水
	Tainan	風水, 地理
	Jieyang	地理
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	風水
Wu	Shanghai	風水
	Danyang	風水
	Ningbo	風水
	Wenzhou	風水
	Jinhua	風水

Derived terms

• 堪輿仙 / 堪舆仙
• 堪輿家 / 堪舆家
• 堪輿術 / 堪舆术

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (堪輿):

• → Japanese: 堪(かん)輿(よ) (kan'yo)
• → Korean: 감여(堪輿) (gamyeo)
• → Vietnamese: kham dư (堪輿)