梗概

Chinese

		stem	general; approximate
trad. (梗概)		梗	概
simp. ^#(梗概)		梗	概

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gěnggài

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄥˇ ㄍㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gang² koi³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kńg-khài / kéng-khài / kéng-kài

(Teochew, Peng'im): gên² kai³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gěnggài
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄥˇ ㄍㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gěnggài
  - Wade–Giles: kêng³-kai⁴
  - Yale: gěng-gài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: geenggay
  - Palladius: гэнгай (gɛngaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ kaɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gang² koi³
  - Yale: gáng koi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gang² koi³
  - Guangdong Romanization: geng² koi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐŋ³⁵ kʰɔːi̯³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kńg-khài
  - Tâi-lô: kńg-khài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kngfqaix
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kŋ̍⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰai⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kéng-khài
  - Tâi-lô: kíng-khài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kefngqaix
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰai²¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kéng-kài
  - Tâi-lô: kíng-kài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kefngkaix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kai²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gên² kai³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kéⁿ khài
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kẽ⁵²⁻³⁵ kʰai²¹³/

Noun

梗概

gist; outline; summary

Synonyms

事由 (shìyóu) (of an official document)
匯總 / 汇总 (huìzǒng)
大綱 / 大纲 (dàgāng)
大要 (dàyào)
小結 / 小结 (xiǎojié)
提綱 / 提纲 (tígāng)
提要 (tíyào)
摘要 (zhāiyào)
撮要 (cuōyào) (dated)
擇要 / 择要 (zéyào)
概括 (gàikuò)
概況 / 概况 (gàikuàng)
概略 (gàilüè)
概要 (gàiyào)
概說 / 概说 (gàishuō) (often used in book and chapter titles)
概貌 (gàimào)
概述 (gàishù)
綱要 / 纲要 (gāngyào)
綱領 / 纲领 (gānglǐng)
總結 / 总结 (zǒngjié)
總綱 / 总纲 (zǒnggāng)
要略 (yàolüè) (often used in book and chapter titles)
輪廓 / 轮廓 (lúnkuò)
鳥瞰 / 鸟瞰 (niǎokàn)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
梗	概
こう Grade: S	がい Grade: S
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
梗槪 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こーがい [kòógáí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ko̞ːɡa̠i]

Noun

梗(こう)概(がい) • (kōgai)

outline, summary

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN