畫院

Chinese

		draw; picture; painting	courtyard; institution
trad. (畫院)		畫	院
simp. (画院)		画	院
Literally: “painting institute”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huàyuàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄩㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waa^6-2 jyun^6-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huàyuàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄩㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huàyuàn
    • Wade–Giles: hua⁴-yüan⁴
    • Yale: hwà-ywàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huahyuann
    • Palladius: хуаюань (xuajuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɥɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: waa^6-2 jyun^6-2
    • Yale: wá yún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waa^6-2 jyn^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: wa^6-2 yun^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waː²²⁻³⁵ jyːn²²⁻³⁵/

Noun

畫院

1. (historical) a division of a Chinese imperial household that recruits, maintains and commissions work to court painters
2. an institute that specializes in studying traditional Chinese painting