過關

Chinese

		to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker) to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker); to pass; to celebrate; to live; to get along; excessively; too-	to close; to shut; to turn off to close; to shut; to turn off; to concern; to involve; mountain pass
trad. (過關)		過	關
simp. (过关)		过	关

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guòguān

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄍㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwo³ gwaan¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ko-kôan
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kè-koan / kèr-koan / kòe-koan

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guòguān
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄍㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guòguan
    • Wade–Giles: kuo⁴-kuan¹
    • Yale: gwò-gwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guohguan
    • Palladius: гогуань (goguanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwo³ gwaan¹
    • Yale: gwo gwāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwo³ gwaan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: guo³ guan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔː³³ kʷaːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ko-kôan
    • Hakka Romanization System: go guan^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: go⁴ guan¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ko⁵⁵ ku̯an²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kè-koan
    • Tâi-lô: kè-kuan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kea'koafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ke²¹⁻⁵³ kuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ke¹¹⁻⁵³ kuan⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kèr-koan
    • Tâi-lô: kèr-kuan
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kə⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kuan³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kòe-koan
    • Tâi-lô: kuè-kuan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koea'koafn
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kue²¹⁻⁵³ kuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kue²¹⁻⁴¹ kuan⁴⁴/

Verb

過⫽關 (verb-object)

1. (literally) to break through a pass
2. to cross a barrier; to go through an ordeal
3. (figurative) to be up to standard; to pass

Synonyms

• (to go through an ordeal): 過空／过空
• (to pass): (Hokkien) 過手／过手, 過皮／过皮