魚貫

Chinese

		fish	pierce; to string
trad. (魚貫)		魚	貫
simp. (鱼贯)		鱼	贯
Literally: “(like) a string of fish”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yúguàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˊ ㄍㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴ gun³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yúguàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˊ ㄍㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yúguàn
    • Wade–Giles: yü²-kuan⁴
    • Yale: yú-gwàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuguann
    • Palladius: юйгуань (jujguanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y³⁵ ku̯än⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁴ gun³
    • Yale: yùh gun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴ gun³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴ gun³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹ kuːn³³/

Adverb

魚貫

1. following each other in order

Derived terms

• 魚貫而入／鱼贯而入
• 魚貫而出／鱼贯而出