寬容

See also: 寛容

Chinese

		lenient; wide; broad	to hold; to contain; to allow to hold; to contain; to allow; appearance; look; countenance
trad. (寬容)		寬	容
simp. (宽容)		宽	容

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kuānróng

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄢㄖㄨㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fun¹ jung⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khôn-yùng
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khoan-iông

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kuānróng
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄢㄖㄨㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kuanróng
  - Wade–Giles: kʻuan¹-jung²
  - Yale: kwān-rúng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuanrong
  - Palladius: куаньжун (kuanʹžun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯än⁵⁵ ʐʊŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fun¹ jung⁴
  - Yale: fūn yùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fun¹ jung⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: fun¹ yung⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuːn⁵⁵ jʊŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khôn-yùng
  - Hakka Romanization System: kon^ˊ iung^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kon¹ yung²
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰon²⁴ i̯uŋ¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khôn-yùng
  - Hakka Romanization System: kon^ˊ (r)iung^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kon¹ yung²
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰon²⁴ (j)i̯uŋ¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoan-iông
  - Tâi-lô: khuan-iông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qoan'ioong
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰuan⁴⁴⁻²² iɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰuan³³ iɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰuan⁴⁴⁻²² iɔŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰuan⁴⁴⁻³³ iɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰuan⁴⁴⁻³³ iɔŋ²³/

Adjective

寬容

lenient; tolerant; charitable
- 孔子稱：“有一言而可以終身行之者，其恕乎！” […] 明主寬容如此，而介甫拒諫乃爾，無乃不足於恕乎？ [Literary Chinese, trad.]
  孔子称：“有一言而可以终身行之者，其恕乎！” […] 明主宽容如此，而介甫拒谏乃尔，无乃不足于恕乎？ [Literary Chinese, simp.]
  From: 1070 April 10, 司馬光 (Sima Guang),《與王介甫書》, translation based on Chu Chiyu & D. E. Pollard's work
  Kǒngzǐ chēng: “Yǒu yīyán ér kěyǐ zhōngshēn xíng zhī zhě, qí shù hū!” […] míngzhǔ kuānróng rúcǐ, ér Jièfǔ jùjiàn nǎi'ěr, wúnǎi bùzú yú shù hū? [Pinyin]
  When asked if there is a single word which can be a guide to conduct throughout one's life, Confucius said, “It is perhaps the word ‘magnanimity.’” [...] The wise emperor shows himself generous and permissive, yet you reject remonstrance so adamantly. Is this not a failure of magnanimity?

Antonyms

嚴格／严格 (yángé)

Verb

寬容

to forgive; to pardon

Synonyms

包容 (bāoróng)
原 (yuán) (literary, or in compounds)
原宥 (yuányòu) (literary)
原情 (Hokkien)
原諒 / 原谅 (yuánliàng)
寬大 / 宽大 (kuāndà)
寬恕 / 宽恕 (kuānshù)
諒情 / 谅情 (Hokkien)
諒解 / 谅解 (liàngjiě)
貸 / 贷 (literary, or in compounds)
饒 / 饶 (ráo)
饒恕 / 饶恕 (ráoshù)
饒赦 / 饶赦 (Taiwanese Hokkien)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (寬容):

→ Japanese: 寛(かん)容(よう) (kan'yō)
→ Korean: 관용(寬容) (gwanyong)
→ Vietnamese: khoan dung (寬容)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
寬	容
かん Jinmeiyō	よう Grade: 5
on'yomi

Adjective

寬(かん)容(よう) • (kan'yō) -na (adnominal 寬(かん)容(よう)な (kan'yō na), adverbial 寬(かん)容(よう)に (kan'yō ni))

Kyūjitai form of 寛容 (“tolerant; lenient, magnanimous”)

Noun

寬(かん)容(よう) • (kan'yō)

Kyūjitai form of 寛容 (“tolerance; lenience, magnanimity”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
寬	容

Noun

寬容 • (gwanyong) (hangeul 관용)

hanja form^? of 관용 (“toleration”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
寬	容

Adjective

寬容

chữ Hán form of khoan dung (“tolerant; lenient”)