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眷村

眷村

Chinese

		concern; wife and children	village
simp. and trad. (眷村)		眷	村

Noun

眷村

military dependents' village (community in Taiwan built in the mid-20th century to provide provisional housing for ROC soldiers and their dependents from Mainland China)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): juàncūn

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄢˋ ㄘㄨㄣ
Min Nan (POJ): koàn-chhoan / koàn-chhun

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: juàncūn
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄢˋ ㄘㄨㄣ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuanntsuen
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛn⁵¹ t͡sʰu̯ən⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koàn-chhoan / koàn-chhun
  - Tâi-lô: kuàn-tshuan / kuàn-tshun
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koarnzhoafn, koarnzhwn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kuan²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰuan⁴⁴/, /kuan²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰun⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kuan⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sʰuan³³/, /kuan⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sʰun³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuan²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰuan⁴⁴/, /kuan²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰun⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kuan¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰuan⁴⁴/, /kuan¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰun⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuan²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰuan⁴⁴/, /kuan²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰun⁴⁴/