管子

Chinese

		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	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (管子)		管	子
simp. ^#(管子)		管	子

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guǎnzi

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢˇ ˙ㄗ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gun² zi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guǎnzi
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢˇ ˙ㄗ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guǎnzi̊h
  - Wade–Giles: kuan³-tzŭ⁵
  - Yale: gwǎn-dz
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goan.tzy
  - Palladius: гуаньцзы (guanʹczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/
  - Homophones:
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    管子
    館子 / 馆子
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gun² zi²
  - Yale: gún jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gun² dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: gun² ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuːn³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    管子
    館子 / 馆子

Noun

管子

tube; pipe
(music) guan

Descendants

→ Mongolian: ᠭᠤᠸᠠᠨᠵᠠ (ɣuwanǰa), гуанз (guanz)

See also

篳篥／筚篥 (bìlì)

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Guǎnzǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢˇ ㄗˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gun² zi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Guǎnzǐ [Phonetic: guánzǐ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢˇ ㄗˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Guǎnzǐh
  - Wade–Giles: Kuan³-tzŭ³
  - Yale: Gwǎn-dž
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Goantzyy
  - Palladius: Гуаньцзы (Guanʹczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gun² zi²
  - Yale: gún jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gun² dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: gun² ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuːn³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    管子
    館子 / 馆子

Proper noun

管子

Guanzi (ancient Chinese text)
Guan Zhong (ancient Chinese politician)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
管	子
かん Grade: 4	し Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

Chinese 管子 (Guǎnzi)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [kã̠ɰ̃ɕi]

Proper noun

管(かん)子(し) • (Kanshi)

See also

諸(しょ)子(し)百(ひゃっ)家(か) (Shoshi Hyakka)