樂觀

See also: 楽観 and 乐观

Chinese

		music; happy; laugh music; happy; laugh; cheerful	to look at; to watch; to observe to look at; to watch; to observe; to behold; Taoist monastery
trad. (樂觀)		樂	觀
simp. (乐观)		乐	观

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lèguān

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄜˋ ㄍㄨㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lok⁶ gun¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lo̍k-kôn
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lo̍k-koan

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lèguān
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄜˋ ㄍㄨㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lèguan
  - Wade–Giles: lê⁴-kuan¹
  - Yale: lè-gwān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lehguan
  - Palladius: лэгуань (lɛguanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɤ⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lok⁶ gun¹
  - Yale: lohk gūn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lok⁹ gun¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: log⁶ gun¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːk̚² kuːn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lo̍k-kôn
  - Hakka Romanization System: log gon^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: log⁶ gon¹
  - Sinological IPA: /lok̚⁵ kon²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo̍k-koan
  - Tâi-lô: lo̍k-kuan
  - Phofsit Daibuun: logkoafn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lɔk̚⁴⁻³² kuan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔk̚²⁴⁻² kuan³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kuan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lɔk̚⁴⁻³² kuan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔk̚⁴⁻³² kuan⁴⁴/

Adjective

樂觀

optimistic; hopeful; sanguine

Synonyms

(Hakka) 涼樂／凉乐
(Hokkien) 樂暢／乐畅

Antonyms

悲觀／悲观 (bēiguān)

Derived terms

樂觀主義 / 乐观主义 (lèguān zhǔyì)

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of 樂觀 – see the following entry.

【楽観らっかん】

[noun] optimism

[verb] be optimistic, look on the bright side

(This term, 樂觀, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
樂	觀

Noun

樂觀 • (nakgwan) (hangeul 낙관)

hanja form^? of 낙관 (“optimism”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
樂	觀

Adjective

樂觀

chữ Hán form of lạc quan (“optimistic”)