玉門關

See also: 玉门关

Chinese

		door decorated with jade; palace	to close; to shut; to turn off to close; to shut; to turn off; to concern; to involve; mountain pass
trad. (玉門關)		玉門	關
simp. (玉门关)		玉门	关

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Yùmén Guān

(Zhuyin): ㄩˋ ㄇㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): juk⁶ mun⁴ gwaan¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Yùmén Guān
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˋ ㄇㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Yùmén Guan
  - Wade–Giles: Yü⁴-mên² Kuan¹
  - Yale: Yù-mén Gwān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yuhmen Guan
  - Palladius: Юймэнь Гуань (Jujmɛnʹ Guanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹ mən³⁵ ku̯än⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: juk⁶ mun⁴ gwaan¹
  - Yale: yuhk mùhn gwāan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁹ mun⁴ gwaan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yug⁶ mun⁴ guan¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚² muːn²¹ kʷaːn⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: ngjowk mwon kwaen

Rime
Character	玉	門	關
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	明 (4)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	鍾 (8)	魂 (55)	刪 (70)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	I	II
Fanqie	魚欲切	莫奔切	古還切
Baxter	ngjowk	mwon	kwaen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɨok̚/	/muən/	/kˠuan/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋiok̚/	/muon/	/kʷᵚan/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiok̚/	/muən/	/kuɐn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋuawk̚/	/mwən/	/kwaɨn/
Li Rong	/ŋiok̚/	/muən/	/kuan/
Wang Li	/ŋĭwok̚/	/muən/	/kwan/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋi̯wok̚/	/muən/	/kwan/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wù	mén	guān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	juk⁶	mun⁴	gwaan¹

Proper noun

玉門關

Yumen Pass (a gap in the Great Wall of China, west of Dunhuang, located in what is today Gansu province)
- 羌笛何須怨楊柳，春風不度玉門關。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  羌笛何须怨杨柳，春风不度玉门关。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 王之渙 (Wang Zhihuan) (688-742), 《涼州詞》其一
  Qiāngdí héxū yuàn yángliǔ, chūnfēng bù dù Yùménguān. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

See also

Yumen Pass on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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