遠近

See also: 远近

Chinese

		far; distant; remote	near; close (to); approximately
trad. (遠近)		遠	近
simp. (远近)		远	近

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yuǎnjìn

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁵ gan⁶ / jyun⁵ kan⁵
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yén-khiûn / yán-khiûn
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): oán-kūn / oán-kīn / hn̄g-kūn / hn̄g-kīn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yuǎnjìn
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yuǎnjìn
  - Wade–Giles: yüan³-chin⁴
  - Yale: ywǎn-jìn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeuanjinn
  - Palladius: юаньцзинь (juanʹczinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕin⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyun⁵ gan⁶ / jyun⁵ kan⁵
  - Yale: yúhn gahn / yúhn káhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁵ gan⁶ / jyn⁵ kan⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: yun⁵ gen⁶ / yun⁵ ken⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn¹³ kɐn²²/, /jyːn¹³ kʰɐn¹³/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yén-khiûn
  - Hakka Romanization System: ien^ˋ kiun^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yan³ kiun¹
  - Sinological IPA: /i̯en³¹ kʰi̯un²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yán-khiûn
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)ian^ˋ kiun^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yan³ kiun¹
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯an³¹ kʰi̯un²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oán-kūn
  - Tâi-lô: uán-kūn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oafnkun
  - IPA (Xiamen): /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kun²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kun³³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oán-kīn
  - Tâi-lô: uán-kīn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oafnkin
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /uan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kin³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hn̄g-kūn
  - Tâi-lô: hn̄g-kūn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hngxkun
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hŋ̍²²⁻²¹ kun²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hŋ̍³³⁻¹¹ kun³³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hn̄g-kīn
  - Tâi-lô: hn̄g-kīn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hngxkin
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hŋ̍³³⁻²¹ kin³³/

Noun

遠近

near and far
distance
- 晉太元中，武陵人捕魚為業，緣溪行，忘路之遠近。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  晋太元中，武陵人捕鱼为业，缘溪行，忘路之远近。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 421, Tao Yuanming, 桃花源記 (The Peach Blossom Spring)
  Jìn Tàiyuán zhōng, Wǔlíng rén bǔyú wéi yè, yuán xī xíng, wàng lù zhī yuǎnjìn. [Pinyin]
  In the Jin Dynasty, during the Taiyuan era (376 - 397), there lived in Wuling Commandery a fisherman. One day, he paddled upstream and lost track of how far he had gone.

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
遠	近
えん Grade: 2	きん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) えんきん [èńkíń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ẽ̞ŋʲkʲĩɴ]

Noun

遠(えん)近(きん) • (enkin) ^{←ゑんきん (wenkin)^?}

far and near

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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