闖關東

Chinese

		to rush; break through	the area to the east of Shanhaiguan; the area to the east of Hangu Pass
trad. (闖關東)		闖	關東
simp. (闯关东)		闯	关东

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chuǎngguāndōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄤˇ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄉㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cong² gwaan¹ dung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chuǎngguāndōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄤˇ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄉㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuǎngguandong
    • Wade–Giles: chʻuang³-kuan¹-tung¹
    • Yale: chwǎng-gwān-dūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: choangguandong
    • Palladius: чуангуаньдун (čuanguanʹdun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯än⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cong² gwaan¹ dung¹
    • Yale: chóng gwāan dūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsong² gwaan¹ dung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cong² guan¹ dung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːŋ³⁵ kʷaːn⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

闖關東

1. (of Han Chinese) to migrate to Northeast China (Manchuria) from North China, during the hundred-year period beginning in the last half of the 19th century