蕭關

Chinese

		mournful	to close; to shut; to turn off to close; to shut; to turn off; to concern; to involve; mountain pass
trad. (蕭關)		蕭	關
simp. (萧关)		萧	关

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Xiāoguān

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠㄍㄨㄢ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Xiāoguān
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠㄍㄨㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Siaoguan
  - Wade–Giles: Hsiao¹-kuan¹
  - Yale: Syāu-gwān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shiauguan
  - Palladius: Сяогуань (Sjaoguanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ku̯än⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: sew kwaen

Rime
Character	蕭	關
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)	刪 (70)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	IV	II
Fanqie	蘇彫切	古還切
Baxter	sew	kwaen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/seu/	/kˠuan/
Pan Wuyun	/seu/	/kʷᵚan/
Shao Rongfen	/seu/	/kuɐn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɛw/	/kwaɨn/
Li Rong	/seu/	/kuan/
Wang Li	/sieu/	/kwan/
Bernhard Karlgren	/sieu/	/kwan/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiāo	guān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	siu¹	gwaan¹

Proper noun

蕭關

(historical) Xiao Pass (a strategic pass located in the southeast of modern-day Guyuan, Ningxia)
- 一自蕭關起戰塵，河湟隔斷異鄉春。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  一自萧关起战尘，河湟隔断异乡春。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 9^th–10^th century, 司空圖 (Sikong Tu), 河湟有感
  Yīzì Xiāoguān qǐ zhànchén, Héhuáng géduàn yìxiāng chūn. [Pinyin]
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