眷戀

See also: 眷恋

Chinese

		concern; wife and children	feel attached to; long for; love
trad. (眷戀)		眷	戀
simp. (眷恋)		眷	恋

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): juànliàn

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄢˋ ㄌㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gyun³ lyun²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): koàn-loân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: juànliàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄢˋ ㄌㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jyuànliàn
  - Wade–Giles: chüan⁴-lien⁴
  - Yale: jywàn-lyàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuannliann
  - Palladius: цзюаньлянь (czjuanʹljanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ li̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gyun³ lyun²
  - Yale: gyun lyún
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gyn³ lyn²
  - Guangdong Romanization: gün³ lün²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kyːn³³ lyːn³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koàn-loân
  - Tâi-lô: kuàn-luân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koarnloaan
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kuan²¹⁻⁵³ luan²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kuan⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ luan²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuan²¹⁻⁵³ luan¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kuan¹¹⁻⁵³ luan²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuan²¹⁻⁴¹ luan²³/

Middle Chinese: kjwenH ljwenH

Rime
Character	眷	戀
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	仙 (80)	仙 (78)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	居倦切	力卷切
Baxter	kjwenH	ljwenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠiuᴇn^H/	/liuᴇn^H/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷᵚiɛn^H/	/lʷiɛn^H/
Shao Rongfen	/kiuæn^H/	/ljuæn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwian^H/	/lwian^H/
Li Rong	/kjuɛn^H/	/liuɛn^H/
Wang Li	/kĭwɛn^H/	/lĭwɛn^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ki̯wɛn^H/	/li̯wɛn^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	juàn	luàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gyun³	lyun⁶

Verb

眷戀

(formal) to miss; to long for; to have a deep affection for (a place, country, person, etc.)

Synonyms

念想 (niànxiǎng)
思 (literary, or in compounds)
思念 (sīniàn)
思慕 (sīmù)
思量 (sīliáng) (literary)
想念 (xiǎngniàn)
感想 (gǎnxiǎng) (literary)
憶著 / 忆着 (Xiamen Hokkien, Quanzhou Hokkien)
懷 / 怀 (huái) (literary)
懷念 / 怀念 (huáiniàn)
懷想 / 怀想 (huáixiǎng)
相思 (xiāngsī)
眷念 (juànniàn) (formal)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (眷戀):

→ Vietnamese: quyến luyến (眷戀)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
眷	戀

Verb

眷戀

chữ Hán form of quyến luyến (“to hold lingering feelings for”)