食管

Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	to take care (of); to control; to manage to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; tube; pipe
trad. (食管)		食	管
simp. #(食管)		食	管

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shíguǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄍㄨㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik⁶ gun²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shíguǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄍㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíhguǎn
    • Wade–Giles: shih²-kuan³
    • Yale: shŕ-gwǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrgoan
    • Palladius: шигуань (šiguanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ ku̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sik⁶ gun²
    • Yale: sihk gún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁹ gun²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig⁶ gun²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚² kuːn³⁵/

Noun

食管

1. (anatomy) esophagus

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 食管 (“esophagus”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		食管, 食道
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	哦嗹管兒, 系兒, 食系兒
	Taiwan	食道, 食管
Cantonese	Hong Kong	食道
Southern Min	Xiamen	食道, 食管
	Quanzhou	食道
	Zhangzhou	食道

Derived terms

• 食管炎 (shíguǎnyán)
• 食管癌 (shíguǎn'ái)