"南冠" meaning in Chinese

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Noun

IPA: /nän³⁵ ku̯än⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /nän³⁵ ku̯än⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: nánguān [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄋㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄢ [Mandarin, bopomofo], nánguān [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄋㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄢ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], nánguan [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], nan²-kuan¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], nán-gwān [Mandarin, Yale, standard], nanguan [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], наньгуань [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], nanʹguanʹ [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], nom kwan [Middle-Chinese], /*nˤ[ə]m [k.ʔ]ˤor/ [Baxter-Sagart, Old-Chinese], /*nuːm kŋoːn/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang]
Etymology: In reference to Zhong Yi (鍾儀) of Chu, Lord of Yun (鄖) and master of music, who refused to take off his Chu-style clothing while imprisoned in Jin. 晉侯觀于軍府,見鍾儀,問之曰:「南冠而縶者,誰也?」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]晋侯观于军府,见钟仪,问之曰:“南冠而絷者,谁也?” [Classical Chinese, simp.] From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE Jìnhóu guān yú jūnfǔ, jiàn Zhōng Yí, wènzhī yuē: “Nánguān ér zhí zhě, shéi yě?” [Pinyin] The Marquis of Jin, who was inspecting the army warehouse, met Zhong Yi and asked him, "You who are still wearing a southern-style headdress while bound in chains, who are you?" Etymology templates: {{lang|zh|鍾儀}} 鍾儀, {{lang|zh|鄖}} 鄖, {{zh-x|晉-侯 觀 于 軍-府,見 ^鍾 ^儀,問-之 曰:「南冠{guān} 而 縶 者,誰 也?」|The Marquis of Jin, who was inspecting the army warehouse, met Zhong Yi and asked him, "You who are still wearing a southern-style headdress while bound in chains, who are you?"|collapsed=yes|ref=Zuozhuan}} 晉侯觀于軍府,見鍾儀,問之曰:「南冠而縶者,誰也?」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]晋侯观于军府,见钟仪,问之曰:“南冠而絷者,谁也?” [Classical Chinese, simp.] From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE Jìnhóu guān yú jūnfǔ, jiàn Zhōng Yí, wènzhī yuē: “Nánguān ér zhí zhě, shéi yě?” [Pinyin] The Marquis of Jin, who was inspecting the army warehouse, met Zhong Yi and asked him, "You who are still wearing a southern-style headdress while bound in chains, who are you?" Head templates: {{head|zh|noun|head=|sort=}} 南冠, {{zh-noun}} 南冠
  1. (literary, metonymically) people from the south Tags: literary, metonymically
    Sense id: en-南冠-zh-noun-Oz1bxaIF Categories (other): Chinese metonyms
  2. (literary, poetic, figurative) prisoner Tags: figuratively, literary, poetic
    Sense id: en-南冠-zh-noun-QclfNLqP
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 南冠楚囚

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