洋館

See also: 洋馆

Chinese

		ocean; foreign	house; establishment
trad. (洋館)		洋	館
simp. (洋馆)		洋	馆

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yángguǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˊ ㄍㄨㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng⁴ gun²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yángguǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˊ ㄍㄨㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yángguǎn
  - Wade–Giles: yang²-kuan³
  - Yale: yáng-gwǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanggoan
  - Palladius: янгуань (janguanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ³⁵ ku̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: joeng⁴ gun²
  - Yale: yèuhng gún
  - Cantonese Pinyin: joeng⁴ gun²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yêng⁴ gun²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːŋ²¹ kuːn³⁵/

Noun

洋館

(dated) apartment house or a building with a Western-style design

Synonyms

洋樓／洋楼 (yánglóu)
(Hokkien) 番仔樓／番仔楼, 紅毛厝／红毛厝

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (洋館):

→ Japanese: 洋館(ようかん) (yōkan)
→ Korean: 양관(洋館) (yanggwan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
洋	館
よう Grade: 3	かん Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 洋館 (MC yang kwanH). Cognate with modern Mandarin 洋館 / 洋馆 (yángguǎn), Korean 양관 (yanggwan).

Noun

洋(よう)館(かん) • (yōkan) ^{←やうくわん (yaukwan)^?}

Western-style building (especially when referring to such buildings from the Meiji and Taishō periods)