衣冠

衣冠

Chinese

		gown; clothes; to dress gown; clothes; to dress; to wear	to head; hat; crown to head; hat; crown; crest; cap
simp. and trad. (衣冠)		衣	冠

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīguān

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄍㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji¹ gun¹
• Min Nan (POJ): i-koan

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīguān
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄍㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yiguan
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-kuan¹
    • Yale: yī-gwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iguan
    • Palladius: игуань (iguanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵ kwän⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 一關／一关 衣冠 醫官／医官

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji¹ gun¹
    • Yale: yī gūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji¹ gun¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi¹ gun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː⁵⁵ kuːn⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: i-koan
    • Tâi-lô: i-kuan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: i'koafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /i⁴⁴⁻²² kuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /i³³ kuan³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /i⁴⁴⁻²² kuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /i⁴⁴⁻³³ kuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /i⁴⁴⁻³³ kuan⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʔɨi  kuɑn/

Rime
Character	衣	冠
Reading #	1/2	1/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	微 (20)	桓 (62)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	於希切	古丸切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɨi/	/kuɑn/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɨi/	/kʷɑn/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiəi/	/kuɑn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔɨj/	/kwan/
Li Rong	/ʔiəi/	/kuɑn/
Wang Li	/ĭəi/	/kuɑn/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔe̯i/	/kuɑn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yī	guān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ji1	gun1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ʔ(r)əj  [k.ʔ]ˤor/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qɯl  kŋoːn/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	衣	冠
Reading #	1/2	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yī	guān
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔjɨj ›	‹ kwan ›
Old Chinese	/*ʔ(r)əj/	/*[k.ʔ]ˁor/
English	clothes	cap (n.)
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	衣	冠
Reading #	1/2	1/2
No.	14837	16107
Phonetic component	衣	元
Rime group	微	元
Rime subdivision	1	3
Corresponding MC rime	依	官
Old Chinese	/*qɯl/	/*kŋoːn/

Noun

衣冠

1. (Classical Chinese, literally) hat and clothes
2. (by extension) dress; attire
3. (Classical Chinese, by extension) the gentry

Synonyms

• (dress):

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Synonyms of 衣冠

打扮 (dǎban) (style of dress) 穿戴 (chuāndài) 穿插 (chhēng-chhah) (Min Nan) 穿著／穿着 (chuānzhuó) 衣履 (yīlǚ) (literary) 衣服 (yīfu) 衣著／衣着 (yīzhuó)

衣衫 (yīshān) 衣裳 (yīshang) (colloquial) 服裝／服装 (fúzhuāng) 服飾／服饰 (fúshì) 裝扮／装扮 (zhuāngbàn) 裝束／装束 (zhuāngshù) 身頌／身颂 (Min Dong)

Adjective

衣冠

1. having the appearance of a gentlemen; refined; sophisticated

   衣冠禽獸／衣冠禽兽  ―  yīguānqínshòu  ―  gentleman in appearance but a beast in conduct

   • 真正變得不成人形的卻是那些衣冠人士：有些教育家把學校辦得不成學校，有些政客把政治弄得不成政治，有些軍官把軍隊弄得不成軍隊。 [MSC, trad.]
     真正变得不成人形的却是那些衣冠人士：有些教育家把学校办得不成学校，有些政客把政治弄得不成政治，有些军官把军队弄得不成军队。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1943, Feng Zhi, 《憶平樂》

     Zhēnzhèng biàndé bùchéng rénxíng de què shì nàxiē yīguān rénshì: yǒuxiē jiàoyùjiā bǎ xuéxiào bàn dé bùchéng xuéxiào, yǒuxiē zhèngkè bǎ zhèngzhì nòng dé bùchéng zhèngzhì, yǒuxiē jūnguān bǎ jūnduì nòng dé bùchéng jūnduì. [Pinyin]

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Verb

衣冠

1. (Classical Chinese) to wear clothing

Derived terms

沐猴衣冠 白衣冠 衣冠不整 衣冠中人 衣冠冢 衣冠南渡 (Yīguān Nándù) 衣冠墓 (yīguānmù) 衣冠子女 衣冠文物 衣冠楚楚 (yīguānchǔchǔ) 衣冠沐猴 衣冠盛事 衣冠赫奕 挂衣冠

優孟衣冠／优孟衣冠 衣冠優孟／衣冠优孟 衣冠塚／衣冠冢 (yīguānzhǒng) 衣冠梟獍／衣冠枭獍 (yīguānxiāojìng) 衣冠濟楚／衣冠济楚 衣冠濟濟／衣冠济济 衣冠甚偉／衣冠甚伟 衣冠禮樂／衣冠礼乐 衣冠禽獸／衣冠禽兽 (yīguānqínshòu) 衣冠緒餘／衣冠绪余 衣冠藍縷／衣冠蓝缕 衣冠輻湊／衣冠辐凑 衣冠雲集／衣冠云集 衣冠齊楚／衣冠齐楚

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
衣	冠
い Grade: 4	かん Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) い​かん [íꜜkàǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ikã̠ɴ]

Noun

衣(い)冠(かん) • (ikan) ^{←いくわん (ikwan)?}

1. an ancient cloth of officer in palace

References

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