官能

官能

Chinese

		official; government; organ of body	ability; can; may ability; can; may; capable; energy; able
simp. and trad. (官能)		官	能

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guānnéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢ ㄋㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gun¹ nang⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): koaⁿ-lêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: guānnéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢ ㄋㄥˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guanneng
    • IPA ^(key): /ku̯än⁵⁵ nɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gun¹ nang⁴
    • Yale: gūn nàhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gun¹ nang⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gun¹ neng⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /kuːn⁵⁵ nɐŋ²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koaⁿ-lêng
    • Tâi-lô: kuann-lîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kvoaleeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kuã⁴⁴⁻²² liɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kuã³³ liɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuã⁴⁴⁻²² liɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kuã⁴⁴⁻³³ liɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuã⁴⁴⁻³³ liɪŋ²³/

Noun

官能

1. (biology) organic functions; faculty; sense

Derived terms

官能交錯／官能交错 官能團／官能团 (guānnéngtuán)

精神官能症 (jīngshén guānnéng zhèng)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
官	能
かん Grade: 4	のう Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) かんのー [kàńnóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [kã̠nːo̞ː]

Noun

官能 (hiragana かんのう, rōmaji kannō, historical hiragana くわんなう)

1. faculty of the senses
2. (figuratively) pleasure obtained using the senses, (especially) sexual pleasure

   官 (かん)能 (のう)小説 (しょうせつ)

   kannō shōsetsu

   sensual novel (i.e. erotic novel)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN