孤鸞

Chinese

		lone; lonely	(mythical bird); imperial
trad. (孤鸞)		孤	鸞
simp. (孤鸾)		孤	鸾
Literally: “lone luan”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gūluán

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨ ㄌㄨㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gu¹ lyun⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ko͘-loân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gūluán
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨ ㄌㄨㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guluán
    • Wade–Giles: ku¹-luan²
    • Yale: gū-lwán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guluan
    • Palladius: гулуань (guluanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku⁵⁵ lu̯än³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gu¹ lyun⁴
    • Yale: gū lyùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gu¹ lyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gu¹ lün⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː⁵⁵ lyːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko͘-loân
    • Tâi-lô: koo-luân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koloaan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kɔ⁴⁴⁻²² luan²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ³³ luan²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔ⁴⁴⁻²² luan¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ luan²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ luan²³/

Noun

孤鸞

1. (figurative) lonely person

   • 後半世人　欲偎靠啥人　會凍改變阮孤鸞的運命 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     后半世人　欲偎靠啥人　会冻改变阮孤鸾的运命 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2008, 詹雅雯 (Chan Ya-wen), 真愛等一個人

     āu-pòaⁿ-sì-lâng, beh óa-khò siáⁿ-lâng, ē-tàng kái-piàn gún ko͘-loân ê ūn-miā [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     For the rest of my life, who should I rely on to change my fate of loneliness?

   • 同學朋友成雙　賰妳同款孤鸞 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     同学朋友成双　䞐你同款孤鸾 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2017, 許富凱 (Henry Hsu), 縫夢

     tâng-o̍h pêng-iú sêng-siang, chhun lí kāng-khoán ko͘-loân [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Classmates and friends have found their partners; only you remain as I, a lonely person

Derived terms

• 別鶴孤鸞 / 别鹤孤鸾
• 孤鸞寡鶴 / 孤鸾寡鹤
• 孤鸞年 / 孤鸾年
• 孤鸞照命 / 孤鸾照命
• 寡鵠孤鸞 / 寡鹄孤鸾
• 鏡裡孤鸞 / 镜里孤鸾