剛柔
Chinese
hard; firm; strong hard; firm; strong; just; barely; exactly |
soft | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (剛柔) | 剛 | 柔 | |
| simp. (刚柔) | 刚 | 柔 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: gāngróu
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄤ ㄖㄡˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: gangróu
- Wade–Giles: kang1-jou2
- Yale: gāng-róu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gangrou
- Palladius: ганжоу (ganžou)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kɑŋ⁵⁵ ʐoʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gong1 jau4
- Yale: gōng yàuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: gong1 jau4
- Guangdong Romanization: gong1 yeo4
- Sinological IPA (key): /kɔːŋ⁵⁵ jɐu̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
剛柔
- (literary) strength and suppleness
- (literary) yin and yang
- (literary) day and night