滿貫

滿貫

See also: 満貫 and 满贯

Chinese

		to fill; to fulfill; filled to fill; to fulfill; filled; packed; Manchurian	pierce; to string
trad. (滿貫)		滿	貫
simp. (满贯)		满	贯

Etymology

From the Han Feizi.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǎnguàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄢˇ ㄍㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mun⁵ gun³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mân-kon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǎnguàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄢˇ ㄍㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǎnguàn
    • Wade–Giles: man³-kuan⁴
    • Yale: mǎn-gwàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maanguann
    • Palladius: маньгуань (manʹguanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /män²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ kwän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mun⁵ gun³
    • Yale: múhn gun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mun⁵ gun³
    • Guangdong Romanization: mun⁵ gun³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːn¹³ kuːn³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mân-kon
    • Hakka Romanization System: man´ gon
    • Hagfa Pinyim: man¹ gon⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /man²⁴⁻¹¹ kon⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /muɑn^X  kuɑn|kuɑn^H/

Rime
Character	滿	貫	貫
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	見 (28)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	桓 (62)	桓 (62)	桓 (62)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	I	I
Fanqie	莫旱切	古丸切	古玩切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/muɑnX/	/kuɑn/	/kuɑnH/
Pan Wuyun	/mʷɑnX/	/kʷɑn/	/kʷɑnH/
Shao Rongfen	/muɑnX/	/kuɑn/	/kuɑnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mwanX/	/kwan/	/kwanH/
Li Rong	/muɑnX/	/kuɑn/	/kuɑnH/
Wang Li	/muɑnX/	/kuɑn/	/kuɑnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/muɑnX/	/kuɑn/	/kuɑnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mǎn	guān	guàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mun5	gun1	gun3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*mˤ[o][n]ʔ  kˤo[n]|kˤon-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*moːnʔ  koːn|koːns/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	滿	貫	貫
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	mǎn	guàn	guàn
Middle Chinese	‹ manX ›	‹ kwan ›	‹ kwanH ›
Old Chinese	/*mˁ[o][n]ʔ/	/*kˁo[n]/	/*kˁon-s/
English	full	pass through the center	pass through the center
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	滿	貫	貫
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2
No.	9039	4465	4466
Phonetic component	芇	毌	毌
Rime group	元	元	元
Rime subdivision	3	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	滿	官	貫
Old Chinese	/*moːnʔ/	/*koːn/	/*koːns/

Verb

滿貫

1. (literary, of copper coins) to be strung together into a string (of cash)
2. (literary, figurative, of evil etc.) to reach the limit or maximum
3. (mahjong) to have maximum points

Derived terms

大滿貫／大满贯 (dàmǎnguàn)

Descendants

• → Japanese: 満貫 (mangan)