枷鎖

枷鎖

See also: 枷锁

Chinese

		cangue	to lock up; to lock
trad. (枷鎖)		枷	鎖
simp. (枷锁)		枷	锁
alternative forms		枷鏁

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiāsuǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚ ㄙㄨㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa¹ so²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kâ-só
• Min Nan (POJ): ka-só / kee-só

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiāsuǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚ ㄙㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiasuǒ
    • Wade–Giles: chia¹-so³
    • Yale: jyā-swǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiasuoo
    • Palladius: цзясо (czjaso)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕjä⁵⁵ swɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaa¹ so²
    • Yale: gā só
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaa¹ so²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ga¹ so²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː⁵⁵ sɔː³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kâ-só
    • Hakka Romanization System: ga´ so`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ga¹ so³
    • Sinological IPA: /ka²⁴ so³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ka-só
    • Tâi-lô: ka-só
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kasoir
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ka⁴⁴⁻²² so⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ka³³ so⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kee-só
    • Tâi-lô: kee-só
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɛ⁴⁴⁻²² so⁵³/

Noun

枷鎖

1. (literally) cangue and lock; stocks and chains (Classifier: 把)

   • 現實就像　一把枷鎖　把我捆住　無法掙脫 [MSC, trad.]
     现实就像　一把枷锁　把我捆住　无法挣脱 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2004, Wang Feng (also the lyricist), 《飛得更高》 (Fly Higher)

     xiànshí jiù xiàng, yī bǎ jiāsuǒ, bǎ wǒ kǔnzhù, wúfǎ zhèngtuō [Pinyin]

     Reality is like shackles,
     Binding me down, unable to break free.

2. (figuratively) constraints; fetters; shackles; restrictions

Synonyms

• (cangue and lock): 桎梏 (zhìgù)

Derived terms

人性枷鎖／人性枷锁 利名枷鎖／利名枷锁

衾裯枷鎖／衾裯枷锁