把關

See also: 把关

Chinese

		handle; (a measure word); (marker for direct-object) handle; (a measure word); (marker for direct-object); to hold; to contain; to grasp; to take hold of	to close; to shut; to turn off to close; to shut; to turn off; to concern; to involve; mountain pass
trad. (把關)		把	關
simp. (把关)		把	关

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎguān

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚˇ ㄍㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baa² gwaan¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pá-koan / pé-koan / pée-koan

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ba² guang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎguān
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚˇ ㄍㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎguan
    • Wade–Giles: pa³-kuan¹
    • Yale: bǎ-gwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baaguan
    • Palladius: багуань (baguanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baa² gwaan¹
    • Yale: bá gwāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baa² gwaan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ba² guan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paː³⁵ kʷaːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pá-koan
    • Tâi-lô: pá-kuan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pafkoafn
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pa⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kuan³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pé-koan
    • Tâi-lô: pé-kuan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pefkoafn
    • IPA (Taipei): /pe⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kuan⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pée-koan
    • Tâi-lô: pée-kuan
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɛ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuan⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ba² guang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pá kuang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pa⁵²⁻³⁵ kuaŋ³³/

Verb

把⫽關 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. (literally) to guard a pass
2. (figurative) to check (e.g. for conformity to a standard); to keep a check on