新冠

Chinese

Etymology 1

		new; newly; meso- (chem.)	to head; hat; crown to head; hat; crown; crest; cap
trad. (新冠)		新	冠
simp. #(新冠)		新	冠

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīnguān, xīnguàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄍㄨㄢ, ㄒㄧㄣ ㄍㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san¹ gun¹ / san¹ gun³
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹shin-kuoe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīnguān
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄍㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: singuan
    • Wade–Giles: hsin¹-kuan¹
    • Yale: syīn-gwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinguan
    • Palladius: синьгуань (sinʹguanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ ku̯än⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, common misreading)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīnguàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄍㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: singuàn
    • Wade–Giles: hsin¹-kuan⁴
    • Yale: syīn-gwàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinguann
    • Palladius: синьгуань (sinʹguanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ ku̯än⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: san¹ gun¹ / san¹ gun³
    • Yale: sān gūn / sān gun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san¹ gun¹ / san¹ gun³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen¹ gun¹ / sen¹ gun³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn⁵⁵ kuːn⁵⁵/, /sɐn⁵⁵ kuːn³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹shin-kuoe
    • MiniDict: shin^平 kuoe
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹xin-kuoe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕin⁵⁵ kuø²¹/

Noun

新冠

1. (neologism, pathology) Short for 新冠肺炎 (xīnguān fèiyán, “COVID-19”).

   疑似新冠病例  ―  yísì xīnguān bìnglì  ―  suspected COVID-19 case

2. (neologism, virology) Short for 新冠病毒 (xīnguān bìngdú, “SARS-CoV-2”).

Derived terms

• 長期新冠／长期新冠 (chángqī xīnguān)

 

Etymology 2

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 新(にい)冠(かっぷ) (Niikappu).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xīnguān

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄍㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san¹ gun¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xīnguān
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄍㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Singuan
    • Wade–Giles: Hsin¹-kuan¹
    • Yale: Syīn-gwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shinguan
    • Palladius: Синьгуань (Sinʹguanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ ku̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: san¹ gun¹
    • Yale: sān gūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san¹ gun¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen¹ gun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn⁵⁵ kuːn⁵⁵/

Proper noun

新冠

1. (～町) Niikappu (a town in Hokkaido prefecture, Japan)