關聖帝君
Chinese
| Lord Guan; Guan Yu | title of reverence added to the names of gods | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (關聖帝君) | 關聖 | 帝君 | |
| simp. (关圣帝君) | 关圣 | 帝君 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaan1 sing3 dai3 gwan1
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Koan-sèng tè-kun
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: Guānshèng Dìjūn
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢ ㄕㄥˋ ㄉㄧˋ ㄐㄩㄣ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Guanshèng Dìjyun
- Wade–Giles: Kuan1-shêng4 Ti4-chün1
- Yale: Gwān-shèng Dì-jyūn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Guanshenq Dihjiun
- Palladius: Гуаньшэн Дицзюнь (Guanʹšɛn Diczjunʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ku̯än⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹ t͡ɕyn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gwaan1 sing3 dai3 gwan1
- Yale: gwāan sing dai gwān
- Cantonese Pinyin: gwaan1 sing3 dai3 gwan1
- Guangdong Romanization: guan1 xing3 dei3 guen1
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʷaːn⁵⁵ sɪŋ³³ tɐi̯³³ kʷɐn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Koan-sèng tè-kun
- Tâi-lô: Kuan-sìng tè-kun
- Phofsit Daibuun: koansexng dea'kwn
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuan⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ te²¹⁻⁴¹ kun⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /kuan⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ te¹¹⁻⁵³ kun⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
Proper noun
關聖帝君
- (honorific) Lord Guan; Guan Yu (160–219)
- 神明嗎？那是很可敬的。但是不要農民會，只要關聖帝君、觀音大士，能夠打倒土豪劣紳嗎？ [MSC, trad.]
- From: 1927, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《湖南農民運動考察報告》 (Report on an Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
- Shénmíng ma? Nà shì hěn kějìng de. Dànshì bù yào nóngmínhuì, zhǐ yào Guānshèng Dìjūn, Guānyīn Dàshì, nénggòu dǎdǎo tǔháolièshēn ma? [Pinyin]
- The gods? Worship them by all means. But if you had only Lord Guan and the Goddess of Mercy and no peasant association, could you have overthrown the local tyrants and evil gentry?
神明吗？那是很可敬的。但是不要农民会，只要关圣帝君、观音大士，能够打倒土豪劣绅吗？ [MSC, simp.]
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 關帝 (“Lord Guan; Guan Yu”) [map]