棺材

棺材

Chinese

		coffin	material
simp. and trad. (棺材)		棺	材

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guāncai, guāncái

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢ ˙ㄘㄞ, ㄍㄨㄢ ㄘㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gun¹ coi⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kôn-chhòi
• Min Dong (BUC): guăng-chài
• Wu (Wiktionary): kuoe ze (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: guāncai
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢ ˙ㄘㄞ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guan.tsai
    • IPA ^(key): /ku̯än⁵⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯²/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: guāncái
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢ ㄘㄞˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guantsair
    • IPA ^(key): /ku̯än⁵⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gun¹ coi⁴
    • Yale: gūn chòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gun¹ tsoi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gun¹ coi⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /kuːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔːy̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kôn-chhòi
    • Hakka Romanization System: gon´ coiˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gon¹ coi²
    • IPA: /kon²⁴ t͡sʰoi̯¹¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: guăng-chài
    • IPA ^(key): /kuaŋ⁵⁵ ^(t͡sʰ-)ʒai⁵³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: kuoe ze (T1)
    • IPA ^(key): /kv̩ʷø⁵⁵ z̻e̞²¹/

Noun

棺材

1. coffin (Classifier: 具; 口)

Synonyms

• 棺 (guān)
• 壽棺／寿棺
• 棺木 (guānmù)
• 壽板／寿板 (shòubǎn)
• (Min Nan) 棺柴, 杉板, 薄板仔, 壽柴／寿柴

Derived terms

不見棺材不掉淚／不见棺材不掉泪 (bùjiàn guāncai bù diàolèi)