瓦全

Chinese

		tile	all; whole; entire all; whole; entire; every; complete
trad. (瓦全)		瓦	全
simp. ^#(瓦全)		瓦	全

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wǎquán

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄚˇ ㄑㄩㄢˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wǎquán
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄚˇ ㄑㄩㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wǎcyuán
  - Wade–Giles: wa³-chʻüan²
  - Yale: wǎ-chywán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woachyuan
  - Palladius: вацюань (vacjuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wä²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/

Verb

瓦全

(figurative) to live in dishonor

Antonyms

玉碎 (yùsuì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
瓦	全
が Grade: S	ぜん Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

From the Chinese idiom 寧可玉碎，不能瓦全. Literally "a tile kept in whole".

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) がぜん [gàzéń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɡa̠zẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

瓦(が)全(ぜん) • (gazen)

meaningless existence
Antonym: 玉砕

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN