管弦

See also: 管絃

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	bow string; string of mus. instr.
trad. (管弦/管絃)		管	弦/絃
simp. (管弦)		管	弦

Etymology

Short for 管樂／管乐 (guǎnyuè) + 弦樂／弦乐 (xiányuè).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guǎnxián

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gun² jin⁴ / gun² jyun⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): koán-hiân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guǎnxián
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guǎnsián
    • Wade–Giles: kuan³-hsien²
    • Yale: gwǎn-syán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goanshyan
    • Palladius: гуаньсянь (guanʹsjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gun² jin⁴ / gun² jyun⁴
    • Yale: gún yìhn / gún yùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gun² jin⁴ / gun² jyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gun² yin⁴ / gun² yun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuːn³⁵ jiːn²¹/, /kuːn³⁵ jyːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koán-hiân
    • Tâi-lô: kuán-hiân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koafnhieen
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kuan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kuan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hiɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiɛn¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kuan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hiɛn²³/

Noun

管弦

1. orchestral music

Derived terms

• 管弦樂／管弦乐 (guǎnxiányuè)
• 管弦樂團／管弦乐团 (guǎnxián yuètuán)
• 管弦樂隊／管弦乐队 (guǎnxián yuèduì)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
管	弦
かん Grade: 4	げん Grade: S
on’yomi

Noun

管(かん)弦(げん) • (kangen) 

1. wind and string instruments
2. Japanese court music music

Derived terms

• 管弦楽器(かんげんがっき) (kangen gakki): wind and string instruments
• 管弦楽(かんげんがく) (kangengaku): orchestral music

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.