孤鸞

Chinese

		lone; lonely	(mythical bird); imperial
trad. (孤鸞)		孤	鸞
simp. (孤鸾)		孤	鸾
Literally: “lone luan”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gūluán

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄌㄨㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gu¹ lyun⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ko͘-loân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gūluán
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄌㄨㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guluán
  - Wade–Giles: ku¹-luan²
  - Yale: gū-lwán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guluan
  - Palladius: гулуань (guluanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku⁵⁵ lu̯än³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gu¹ lyun⁴
  - Yale: gū lyùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gu¹ lyn⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: gu¹ lün⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː⁵⁵ lyːn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko͘-loân
  - Tâi-lô: koo-luân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koloaan
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kɔ⁴⁴⁻²² luan²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ³³ luan²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔ⁴⁴⁻²² luan¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ luan²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ luan²³/

Noun

孤鸞

(figurative) lonely person
- 2008, “真愛等一個人”‎^[1]performed by 詹雅雯 [Chan Ya-wen]:
  
  後半世人　欲偎靠啥人　會凍改變阮孤鸞的運命 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  后半世人　欲偎靠啥人　会冻改变阮孤鸾的运命 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  āu-pòaⁿ-sì-lâng, beh óa-khò siáⁿ-lâng, ē-tàng kái-piàn gún ko͘-loân ê ūn-miā [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  For the rest of my life, who should I rely on to change my fate of loneliness?
- 2017, “縫夢”‎^[2]performed by 許富凱 [Henry Hsu]:
  
  同學朋友成雙　賰妳同款孤鸞 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  同学朋友成双　䞐你同款孤鸾 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  tâng-o̍h pêng-iú sêng-siang, chhun lí kāng-khoán ko͘-loân [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  Classmates and friends have found their partners; only you remain as I, a lonely person

Derived terms

別鶴孤鸞 / 别鹤孤鸾
孤鸞寡鶴 / 孤鸾寡鹤
孤鸞年 / 孤鸾年
孤鸞照命 / 孤鸾照命
寡鵠孤鸞 / 寡鹄孤鸾
鏡裡孤鸞 / 镜里孤鸾