管弦

See also: 管絃

Chinese

		to take care (of); to control; to manage to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; tube; pipe	bow string; string of mus. instr.
trad. (管弦/管絃)		管	弦/絃
simp. (管弦)		管	弦

Etymology

Short for 管樂／管乐 (guǎnyuè) + 弦樂／弦乐 (xiányuè).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guǎnxián

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gun² jin⁴ / gun² jyun⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): koán-hiân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guǎnxián
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guǎnsián
  - Wade–Giles: kuan³-hsien²
  - Yale: gwǎn-syán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goanshyan
  - Palladius: гуаньсянь (guanʹsjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gun² jin⁴ / gun² jyun⁴
  - Yale: gún yìhn / gún yùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gun² jin⁴ / gun² jyn⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: gun² yin⁴ / gun² yun⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuːn³⁵ jiːn²¹/, /kuːn³⁵ jyːn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koán-hiân
  - Tâi-lô: kuán-hiân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koafnhieen
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kuan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kuan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hiɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiɛn¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kuan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hiɛn²³/

Noun

管弦

orchestral music

Derived terms

管弦樂 / 管弦乐 (guǎnxiányuè)
管弦樂團 / 管弦乐团 (guǎnxián yuètuán)
管弦樂隊 / 管弦乐队 (guǎnxián yuèduì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
管	弦
かん Grade: 4	げん Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かんげん [kàńgéń] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [kã̠ŋɡẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

管(かん)弦(げん) • (kangen)

wind and string instruments
Japanese court music music

Derived terms

管弦楽器(かんげんがっき) (kangen gakki): wind and string instruments
管弦楽(かんげんがく) (kangengaku): orchestral music

References

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.