乾薑

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See also: 干姜

Chinese

		dry; clean; male dry; clean; male; strong; one of the Eight Trigrams; surname	ginger
trad. (乾薑)		乾	薑
simp. (干姜)		干	姜

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gānjiāng

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄢㄐㄧㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gon¹ goeng¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gānjiāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄢㄐㄧㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ganjiang
  - Wade–Giles: kan¹-chiang¹
  - Yale: gān-jyāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ganjiang
  - Palladius: ганьцзян (ganʹczjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kän⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    乾薑／干姜
    干將
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gon¹ goeng¹
  - Yale: gōn gēung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gon¹ goeng¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gon¹ gêng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːn⁵⁵ kœːŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

乾薑

dried ginger rhizome

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (乾薑):

→ Japanese: 乾薑(かんきょう) (kankyō)
→ Korean: 건강(乾薑) (geon'gang)
→ Vietnamese: can khương (乾薑)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
乾	薑
かん Grade: S	きょう Hyōgai
on'yomi	kan'on

Alternative spellings
干姜乾姜

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かんきょー (Heiban – )^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key):

Noun

乾(かん)薑(きょう) • (kankyō) ^{←かんきやう (kankyau)^?}

dried ginger rhizome

References

^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
乾	薑

Noun

乾薑 • (geon'gang) (hangeul 건강)

hanja form^? of 건강

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
乾	薑

Noun

乾薑

chữ Hán form of can khương (“dried ginger”).

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