Chinese Word Entry
一語雙關Simplified Chinese form: 一语双关
| Mandarin (Zhuyin): | ㄧ ㄩˇ ㄕㄨㄤ ㄍㄨㄢ |
| Mandarin (Pinyin): | yī yǔ shuāng guān |
| Cantonese (Jyutping): | jat1 jyu5 soeng1 gwaan1 |
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Chinese characters used in this word
| 一 | one, one radical (no.1), a, an, alone |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄧ (yī) |
| Cantonese: | jat1 |
| Japanese: | イチ (ichi)、 イツ (itsu) / ひと- (hito-)、 ひと.つ (hitotsu)、 ひとたび (hitotabi)、 はじめ (hajime) |
| Korean: | 일 (il) |
| Vietnamese: | nhất |
| 語 | word, speech, language, words, saying, expression |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄩˇ (yǔ), ㄩˋ (yù) |
| Cantonese: | jyu5 |
| Japanese: | ゴ (go)、 ギョ (gyo) / かた.る (kataru)、 かた.らう (katarau)、 ことば (kotoba)、 つげる (tsugeru) |
| Korean: | 어 (eo) |
| Vietnamese: | ngữ, ngứ |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 语 |
| 雙 | pair, set, comparison, counter for pairs, set of two, couple, both |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄕㄨㄤ (shuāng) |
| Cantonese: | soeng1 |
| Japanese: | ソウ (sou) / たぐい (tagui)、 ならぶ (narabu)、 ふたつ (futatsu)、 ふた- (futa-)、 ふた (futa) |
| Korean: | 쌍 (ssang) |
| Vietnamese: | song |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 双 |
| Simplified Japanese form: | 双 |
| Semantic variant form: | 双 |
| 關 | connection, barrier, gateway, involve, concerning, frontier pass, close, relation |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄍㄨㄢ (guān), ㄨㄢ (wān), ㄨㄢˇ (wǎn) |
| Cantonese: | gwaan1 |
| Japanese: | カン (kan)、 ワン (wan) / せき (seki)、 かか.わる (kakawaru)、 からくり (karakuri)、 かんぬき (kan'nuki) |
| Korean: | 관 (gwan), 완 (wan) |
| Vietnamese: | quan, loan |