玉門關

See also: 玉门关

Chinese

		door decorated with jade; palace	to close; to shut; to turn off to close; to shut; to turn off; to concern; to involve; mountain pass
trad. (玉門關)		玉門	關
simp. (玉门关)		玉门	关

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yùmén Guān

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ ㄇㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): juk⁶ mun⁴ gwaan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yùmén Guān
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˋ ㄇㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yùmén Guan
    • Wade–Giles: Yü⁴-mên² Kuan¹
    • Yale: Yù-mén Gwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yuhmen Guan
    • Palladius: Юймэнь Гуань (Jujmɛnʹ Guanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹ mən³⁵ ku̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: juk⁶ mun⁴ gwaan¹
    • Yale: yuhk mùhn gwāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁹ mun⁴ gwaan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yug⁶ mun⁴ guan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚² muːn²¹ kʷaːn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: ngjowk mwon kwaen

Rime
Character	玉	門	關
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	明 (4)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	燭 (8)	魂 (55)	刪 (70)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	I	II
Fanqie	魚欲切	莫奔切	古還切
Baxter	ngjowk	mwon	kwaen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɨok̚/	/muən/	/kˠuan/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋiok̚/	/muon/	/kʷᵚan/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiok̚/	/muən/	/kuɐn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋuawk̚/	/mwən/	/kwaɨn/
Li Rong	/ŋiok̚/	/muən/	/kuan/
Wang Li	/ŋĭwok̚/	/muən/	/kwan/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋi̯wok̚/	/muən/	/kwan/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yù	mén	guān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	juk6	mun4	gwaan1

Proper noun

玉門關

1. Yumen Pass (a gap in the Great Wall of China, west of Dunhuang, located in what is today Gansu province)

   • 羌笛何須怨楊柳，春風不度玉門關。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     羌笛何须怨杨柳，春风不度玉门关。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 王之渙 (Wang Zhihuan) (688-742), 《涼州詞》其一

     Qiāngdí héxū yuàn yángliǔ, chūnfēng bù dù Yùménguān. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

See also

• Yumen Pass on Wikipedia.Wikipedia