可汗
Chinese
| phonetic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (可汗) |
可 | 汗 | |
| alternative forms | 可寒 archaic 合罕 archaic 汗 abbreviation | ||
Etymology
Borrowed from a Mongolic or Turkic language; compare Middle Mongol ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ (qaɣan) and Old Turkic 𐰴𐰍𐰣 (qaɣan). First attested at around the 3rd century.
The first character, 可, was likely not originally read with the checked coda -k.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 7kheq-ghoe; 5khu-ghoe
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: kèhán
- Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˋ ㄏㄢˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: kèhán
- Wade–Giles: kʻo4-han2
- Yale: kè-hán
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kehharn
- Palladius: кэхань (kɛxanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰɤ⁵¹ xän³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: hak1 hon4
- Yale: hāk hòhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: hak7 hon4
- Guangdong Romanization: heg1 hon4
- Sinological IPA (key): /hɐk̚⁵ hɔːn²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: hak2 hon5
- Sinological IPA (key): /hak̚⁵⁵ hᵘɔn³²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khek-hân
- Tâi-lô: khik-hân
- Phofsit Daibuun: qekhaan
- IPA (Xiamen): /kʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ han²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiak-hân
- Tâi-lô: khiak-hân
- Phofsit Daibuun: qiakhaan
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ han²⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: kiog4 hang5
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khiok hâng
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰiok̚²⁻⁴ haŋ⁵⁵/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Wu
- Middle Chinese: khaX han
Noun
可汗
- khagan; khan (Classifier: 位 m c)
- 昨夜見軍帖，可汗大點兵，軍書十二卷，卷卷有爺名。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: 《木蘭詩》 (Ballad of Mulan); translation by Jack Yuan
- Zuóyè jiàn jūntiě, kèhán dà diǎnbīng, jūnshū shí'èr juǎn, juǎn juǎn yǒu yé míng. [Pinyin]
- Last night I saw the army notice, the Khan is calling a great draft – A dozen volumes of battle rolls, each one with my father's name.
昨夜见军帖，可汗大点兵，军书十二卷，卷卷有爷名。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]