玉環

Chinese

		jade	bracelet; ring (not for finger); to surround bracelet; ring (not for finger); to surround; to loop; loop
trad. (玉環)		玉	環
simp. (玉环)		玉	环

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yùhuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ ㄏㄨㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): juk⁶ waan⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ge̍k-khoân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yùhuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˋ ㄏㄨㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yùhuán
    • Wade–Giles: yü⁴-huan²
    • Yale: yù-hwán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuhhwan
    • Palladius: юйхуань (jujxuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹ xu̯än³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: juk⁶ waan⁴
    • Yale: yuhk wàahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁹ waan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yug⁶ wan⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚² waːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ge̍k-khoân
    • Tâi-lô: gi̍k-khuân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gegqoaan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡiɪk̚⁴⁻³² kʰuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡiɪk̚²⁴⁻² kʰuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡiɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kʰuan¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡiɪk̚⁴⁻³² kʰuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡiɪk̚⁴⁻³² kʰuan²³/

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• Middle Chinese: ngjowk hwaen

Rime
Character	玉	環
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	燭 (8)	刪 (70)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	魚欲切	戸關切
Baxter	ngjowk	hwaen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɨok̚/	/ɦˠuan/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋiok̚/	/ɦʷᵚan/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiok̚/	/ɣuɐn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋuawk̚/	/ɦwaɨn/
Li Rong	/ŋiok̚/	/ɣuan/
Wang Li	/ŋĭwok̚/	/ɣwan/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋi̯wok̚/	/ɣwan/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yù	huán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	juk6	waan4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ŋ](r)ok  C.ɢʷˤ<r>en/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋoɡ  ɡʷraːn/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	玉	環
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yù	huán
Middle Chinese	‹ ngjowk ›	‹ hwæn ›
Old Chinese	/*[ŋ](r)ok/ (< uvular?)	/*C.ɢʷˁ<r>en/
English	jade	ring (n.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	玉	環
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	15971	16231
Phonetic component	玉	睘
Rime group	屋	元
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	玉	還
Old Chinese	/*ŋoɡ/	/*ɡʷraːn/

Noun

玉環

1. jade ring
2. (Classical, figurative) round moon
3. (music) a kind of pipa

Proper noun

玉環

1. (～市, formerly ～縣) Yuhuan (a county-level city and former county of Taizhou, Zhejiang, China)