試管

試管

Chinese

		to test; to try; experiment to test; to try; experiment; examination; test	to take care (of); to control; to manage to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; tube; pipe
trad. (試管)		試	管
simp. (试管)		试	管

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìguǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄍㄨㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si³ gun²
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhì-kńg / chhì-kúiⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ci³ guang²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìguǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄍㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhguǎn
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-kuan³
    • Yale: shr̀-gwǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhgoan
    • Palladius: шигуань (šiguanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ kwän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìguǎnr
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄍㄨㄢˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhguǎnr
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-kuanrh³
    • Yale: shr̀-gwǎnr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhgoal
    • Palladius: шигуаnр (šiguanr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ kwɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: si³ gun²
    • Yale: si gún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si³ gun²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi³ gun²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː³³ kuːn³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 使館／使馆 試管／试管

• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhì-kńg
    • Tâi-lô: tshì-kńg
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chie'kngr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kŋ̍⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁻⁵³ kŋ̍⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhì-kúiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tshì-kuínn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chie'kvuie
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁻⁵³ kuĩ⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ci³ guang²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshì kuáng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰi²¹³⁻⁵⁵ kuaŋ⁵²⁻²¹/

Noun

試管

1. (chemistry) test tube
2. (colloquial) Short for 試管嬰兒／试管婴儿 (shìguǎn yīng'ér, “in vitro fertilisation (IVF)”).

   做試管／做试管  ―  zuò shìguǎn  ―  to go through IVF

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 試管 (“test tube”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		試管
Mandarin	Beijing	試管兒
	Taiwan	試管
Cantonese	Hong Kong	試管
Min Nan	Xiamen	試管
	Quanzhou	試管
	Zhangzhou	試管

Derived terms

試管動物／试管动物

試管嬰兒／试管婴儿 (shìguǎn yīng'ér)