關公

See also: 关公

Chinese

	to close; to shut; to turn off to close; to shut; to turn off; to concern; to involve; mountain pass	just; honourable; public just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister
trad. (關公)	關	公
simp. (关公)	关	公
anagram	公關／公关

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Guān Gōng

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢㄍㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaan¹ gung¹
Gan (Wiktionary): guan¹ gung
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): Kôan-kûng

(Hailu, HRS): guan^ˋ gung^ˋ
Eastern Min (BUC): Guăng-gŭng
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Koan-kong

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Guān Gōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢㄍㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Guan Gong
  - Wade–Giles: Kuan¹ Kung¹
  - Yale: Gwān Gūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Guan Gong
  - Palladius: Гуань Гун (Guanʹ Gun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwaan¹ gung¹
  - Yale: gwāan gūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwaan¹ gung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: guan¹ gung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaːn⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: guan¹ gung
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuan⁴² kuŋ²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Kôan-kûng
  - Hakka Romanization System: guan^ˊ gung^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: guan¹ gung¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ku̯an²⁴⁻¹¹ kuŋ²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: guan^ˋ gung^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /kuan⁵³ kuŋ⁵³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Guăng-gŭng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuaŋ⁵⁵ ^(k-)ŋuŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Tainan, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Koan-kong
  - Tâi-lô: Kuan-kong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koankofng
  - IPA (Tainan): /kuan⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Singapore): /kuan⁴⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴/

Proper noun

關公

(honorific) Lord Guan; Guan Yu (160–219)
關公戰秦瓊／关公战秦琼 ― guāngōng zhàn Qín Qióng ― Lord Guan vs Qin Qiong (d. 638), an idiom describing impossibility or absurdity

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 關帝 (“Lord Guan; Guan Yu”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		關聖帝君, 關帝, 關公, 關聖, 武聖, 關夫子, 關帝爺, 關老爺
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	關老爺
	Taiwan	關帝, 關公
	Chengde	關老爺
	Chifeng	關老爺
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	關老爺
	Heihe	關老爺, 關帝爺
	Qiqihar	關老爺
	Harbin	關老爺
	Jiamusi	關老爺, 關公老爺
	Baicheng	關老爺
	Changchun	關老爺
	Tonghua	關老爺
	Shenyang	關老爺
	Jinzhou	關老爺
	Singapore	關公
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	關老爺
	Tangshan	關老爺
	Cangzhou	關老爺
	Baoding	關老爺
	Shijiazhuang	關老爺
	Lijin	關老爺
	Jinan	關老爺, 關公
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	關老爺
	Dandong	關老爺
	Yantai	關老爺
	Yantai (Muping)	關老爺, 關公
	Qingdao	關老爺
	Zhucheng	關老爺
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	關老爺
	Lingbao	關老爺
	Jining	關老爺
	Linfen	關老爺
	Shangqiu	關爺
	Yuanyang	老關爺
	Zhengzhou	老關爺
	Xinyang	關老爺
	Baihe	關老爺
	Xi'an	關老爺, 關爺, 關公
	Baoji	關老爺
	Tianshui	關公
	Xining	關老爺, 關公
	Xuzhou	關老爺
	Fuyang	關老爺
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	關老爺
	Lanzhou	關老爺, 關爺, 關公
	Dunhuang	關老爺
	Hami	關老爺
	Ürümqi	關老爺
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	關老爺
	Nanchong	關老爺
	Dazhou	關公
	Hanyuan	關爺
	Xichang	關聖人
	Zigong	關爺
	Chongqing	關老爺
	Wuhan	關老爺
	Yichang	關老爺
	Xiangyang	關老爺
	Tianmen	關老爺
	Guiyang	關聖
	Zunyi	關聖人
	Bijie	關聖老爺
	Liping	關王
	Zhaotong	關二爺, 關聖帝君
	Dali	關老爺
	Kunming	關老爺
	Mengzi	關老爺
	Guilin	關帝
	Liuzhou	關老爺
	Jishou	關夫子
	Changde	關老爺
	Hanzhong	關老爺
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	關老爺
	Yangzhou	關老爺
	Lianyungang	關老爺
	Lianshui	關老爺
	Nantong	關老爺
	Anqing	關老爺
	Wuhu	關夫子
	Hefei	關夫子
	Hong'an	關老爺, 關帝菩薩
Cantonese	Hong Kong	關公, 關二哥
Cantonese	Singapore (Guangfu)	關公
Gan	Nanchang	關公, 關爺
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	恩主公, 關公
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	恩主公, 關爺
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	恩主公, 關公
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	恩主公, 關公
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	恩主公, 關公
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	恩主公, 關帝爺, 關公
Huizhou	Shexian	關帝菩薩
Jin	Taiyuan	關老爺
	Yangyuan	關老爺, 關帝君
	Datong	關老爺
	Xinzhou	關老爺
	Lüliang (Lishi)	關公老爺
	Changzhi	關老爺
	Linhe	關老爺
	Jining	關老爺
	Hohhot	關老爺
	Erenhot	關老爺
	Pingshan	關老爺兒
	Zhangjiakou	關老爺
	Handan	關老爺
	Linzhou	關老爺
	Suide	關老爺, 老爺
Northern Min	Jian'ou	關老爺
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	關老爺, 關帝, 關聖, 武聖
Southern Min	Xiamen	關帝爺, 帝君, 帝爺, 帝爺公
	Quanzhou	關帝爺, 帝爺公
	Zhangzhou	關帝爺, 帝君
	Tainan	關公, 關老爺
	Singapore (Hokkien)	關公, 關帝
	Manila (Hokkien)	帝爺公, 關公, 關帝爺
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	紅面佛
	Chaozhou	關爺
	Jieyang	關爺
Wu	Shanghai	關帝
	Suzhou	關老爺
	Hangzhou	關老爺
	Ningbo	關帝菩薩
	Wenzhou	關老爺, 關公

Derived terms

曹操也有知心友，關公也有對頭人 / 曹操也有知心友，关公也有对头人
關公喝酒 / 关公喝酒
關公面前耍大刀 / 关公面前耍大刀 (Guāngōng miànqián shuǎ dàdāo)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (關公):

→ Vietnamese: Quan Công (關公)

Noun

關公

(Hong Kong, neologism, somewhat humorous) Synonym of 公關 (gōngguān, “public relations”)
關公災難／关公灾难 [Cantonese] ― gwaan¹ gung¹ zoi¹ naan⁶ [Jyutping] ― public relations disaster