冠詞

冠詞

See also: 冠词

Chinese

		to head; hat; crown to head; hat; crown; crest; cap	word; phrase; classical Chinese poem
trad. (冠詞)		冠	詞
simp. (冠词)		冠	词

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guàncí

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢˋ ㄘˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gun³ ci⁴
• Min Dong (BUC): guáng-sṳ̀
• Wu (Wiktionary): kuoe zr (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: guàncí
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢˋ ㄘˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guanntsy
    • IPA ^(key): /ku̯än⁵¹ t͡sʰz̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gun³ ci⁴
    • Yale: gun chìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gun³ tsi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gun³ qi⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /kuːn³³ t͡sʰiː²¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: guáng-sṳ̀
    • IPA ^(key): /kuaŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ^(s-)ny⁵³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: kuoe zr (T2)
    • IPA ^(key): /kv̩ʷø³³ z̻z̩⁴⁴/

Noun

冠詞

1. (grammar) article (such as the words “the” and “a/an”)

Derived terms

不定冠詞／不定冠词 (bùdìngguàncí) 定冠詞／定冠词 (dìngguàncí)

零冠詞／零冠词 (língguàncí)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (冠詞):

• → Japanese: 冠 (かん)詞 (し) (kanshi)
• → Korean: 관사 (冠詞, gwansa)
• → Vietnamese: quán từ (冠詞)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
冠	詞
かん Grade: S	し Grade: 6
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) かんし [kàńshí] (Heiban – [0])[1][2][3]
  • IPA^(key): [kã̠ɰ̃ɕi]

Noun

冠詞 (hiragana かんし, rōmaji kanshi, historical hiragana くわんし)

1. (grammar) article

Derived terms

• 定 (てい)冠 (かん)詞 (し) (teikanshi): definite article

• 不 (ふ)定 (てい)冠 (かん)詞 (し) (futeikanshi): indefinite article

Further reading

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
• 1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
• 2002, Yasuo Kitahara, 明鏡国語辞典 (Meikyō Kokugo Jiten), First Edition (in Japanese), Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN