拳拳

Chinese

		fist	fist
simp. and trad. (拳拳)		拳	拳
alternative forms		惓惓卷卷

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): quánquán

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄑㄩㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kyun⁴ kyun⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: quánquán
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄑㄩㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cyuáncyuán
  - Wade–Giles: chʻüan²-chʻüan²
  - Yale: chywán-chywán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyuanchyuan
  - Palladius: цюаньцюань (cjuanʹcjuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kyun⁴ kyun⁴
  - Yale: kyùhn kyùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kyn⁴ kyn⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: kün⁴ kün⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰyːn²¹ kʰyːn²¹/

Adjective

拳拳 (literary, ideophonic)

earnest; sincere
盛意拳拳 ― shèngyì quánquán ― generous and sincere
diligent; industrious
- 郡遣督郵至縣，吏白「應束帶見之」，潛歎曰：「吾不能為五斗米折腰，拳拳事鄉里小人邪！」 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
  郡遣督邮至县，吏白「应束带见之」，潜叹曰：「吾不能为五斗米折腰，拳拳事乡里小人邪！」 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
  From: 648 CE, Fang Xuanling (lead editor), Book of Jin
  Jùn qiǎn dūyóu zhì xiàn, lì bái “yīng shùdài jiàn zhī”, Qián tàn yuē: “Wú bùnéng wèi wǔ dǒu mǐ zhéyāo, quánquán shì xiānglǐ xiǎorén yé!” [Pinyin]
  The commandery sent a postal inspector to the county, and an official suggested: "You should wear formal clothes to see him." Qian sighed: "I cannot bow down for the sake of five pecks of rice and flatter [lit. industriously attend to] a base person!"
curved; bent
yearning

Derived terms

拳拳服膺
洶洶拳拳／汹汹拳拳

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (拳拳):

→ Korean: 권권(拳拳) (gwon'gwon)

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