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雅觀

雅觀

See also: 雅观

Chinese

		elegant	Taoist monastery; to look at; to watch Taoist monastery; to look at; to watch; to observe; to behold
trad. (雅觀)		雅	觀
simp. (雅观)		雅	观

Adjective

雅觀

elegant and tasteful; in good taste; refined in manner, etc. (usually used in the negative)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): yǎguān

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄚˇ ㄍㄨㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaa⁵ gun¹
Min Nan (POJ): ngá-koan / ngée-koan

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: yǎguān
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˇ ㄍㄨㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeaguan
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯a̠²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ku̯a̠n⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngaa⁵ gun¹
  - Yale: ngáh gūn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngaa⁵ gun¹
  - IPA ^(key): /ŋɑː¹³ kuːn⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngá-koan
  - Tâi-lô: ngá-kuan
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ngafkoafn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ŋa⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kuan³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ŋa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋa⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kuan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ŋa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuan⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngée-koan
  - Tâi-lô: ngée-kuan
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ŋɛ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuan⁴⁴/