滿貫
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Chinese
to fill; to fulfil; filled to fill; to fulfil; filled; packed; Manchurian |
pierce; to string | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (滿貫) | 滿 | 貫 | |
| simp. (满贯) | 满 | 贯 | |
Etymology
From the Han Feizi.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄢˇ ㄍㄨㄢˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: mǎnguàn
- Wade–Giles: man3-kuan4
- Yale: mǎn-gwàn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maanguann
- Palladius: маньгуань (manʹguanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /män²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯än⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: mun5 gun3
- Yale: múhn gun
- Cantonese Pinyin: mun5 gun3
- Guangdong Romanization: mun5 gun3
- Sinological IPA (key): /muːn¹³ kuːn³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mân-kon
- Hakka Romanization System: manˊ gon
- Hagfa Pinyim: man1 gon4
- Sinological IPA: /man²⁴⁻¹¹ kon⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Middle Chinese: manX kwan|kwanH
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*mˤʔ kˤo|kˤon-s/
- (Zhengzhang): /*moːnʔ koːn|koːns/
Verb
滿貫
- (literary, of copper coins) to be strung together into a string (of cash)
- (literary, figurative, of evil etc.) to reach the limit or maximum
- (mahjong) to have maximum points
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Japanese: 満貫 (mangan)