冠玉

Chinese

		to head; hat; crown to head; hat; crown; crest; cap	jade
simp. and trad. (冠玉)		冠	玉

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guānyù

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢㄩˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gun¹ juk⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guānyù
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢㄩˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guanyù
  - Wade–Giles: kuan¹-yü⁴
  - Yale: gwān-yù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guanyuh
  - Palladius: гуаньюй (guanʹjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än⁵⁵ y⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gun¹ juk⁶
  - Yale: gūn yuhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gun¹ juk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gun¹ yug⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuːn⁵⁵ jʊk̚²/

Noun

冠玉

(literary) an ornamental piece of jade which adorns a hat

Derived terms

美如冠玉
面如冠玉 (miàn rú guānyù)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (冠玉):

→ Korean: 관옥(冠玉) (gwanok)
→ Vietnamese: quan ngọc (冠玉)

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