掛冠

Chinese

		to hang; to put up; to suspend	to head; hat; crown to head; hat; crown; crest; cap
trad. (掛冠)		掛	冠
simp. (挂冠)		挂	冠
Literally: “to hang one's official hat up (because it will never be used after resignation)”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guàguān

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄚˋ ㄍㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaa³ gun¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guàguān
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄚˋ ㄍㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guàguan
    • Wade–Giles: kua⁴-kuan¹
    • Yale: gwà-gwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guahguan
    • Palladius: гуагуань (guaguanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ä⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwaa³ gun¹
    • Yale: gwa gūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwaa³ gun¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gua³ gun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaː³³ kuːn⁵⁵/

Verb

掛⫽冠 (verb-object)

1. (literary, of an official) to resign

Antonyms

• 彈冠／弹冠 (tánguān)

See also

• 烏紗帽／乌纱帽 (wūshāmào)
• 掛靴／挂靴 (guàxuē)