棺材

Chinese

		coffin	material
simp. and trad. (棺材)		棺	材

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): guāncai, guāncái

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢ ˙ㄘㄞ, ㄍㄨㄢ ㄘㄞˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): guan¹ cai²

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): гуанцэ (guance, I-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gun¹ coi⁴
• Gan (Wiktionary): guon¹ cai
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): kôn-chhòi

  (Meixian, Guangdong): guon¹ coi²

• Jin (Wiktionary): guan¹ cai¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): guăng-chài
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹kuoe-ze

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guāncai
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢ ˙ㄘㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guancåi
    • Wade–Giles: kuan¹-tsʻai⁵
    • Yale: gwān-tsai
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guan.tsai
    • Palladius: гуаньцай (guanʹcaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än⁵⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯²/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guāncái
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢ ㄘㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guancái
    • Wade–Giles: kuan¹-tsʻai²
    • Yale: gwān-tsái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guantsair
    • Palladius: гуаньцай (guanʹcaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än⁵⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: guan¹ cai²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: guancai
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuan⁵⁵ t͡sʰai²¹/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: гуанцэ (guance, I-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuæ̃²⁴ t͡sʰɛ²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gun¹ coi⁴
    • Yale: gūn chòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gun¹ tsoi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gun¹ coi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: guon¹ cai
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuɵn⁴² t͡sʰai²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kôn-chhòi
    • Hakka Romanization System: gon^ˊ coi^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gon¹ coi²
    • Sinological IPA: /kon²⁴ t͡sʰoi̯¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: guon¹ coi²
    • Sinological IPA: /kuɔn⁴⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰoɪ¹¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: guan¹ cai¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /kuæ̃¹¹ t͡sʰai¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: guăng-chài
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuaŋ⁵⁵ ^(t͡sʰ-)ʒai⁵³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹kuoe-ze
    • MiniDict: kuoe^平 ze
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹kuoe-ze
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kuø⁵⁵ ze²¹/

Noun

棺材

1. coffin (Classifier: 具 m; 口 m)
2. (Cantonese, mahjong, slang) 8 circle

Synonyms

• (coffin):

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		棺, 木, 棺木
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		棺材, 棺木, 壽材 †
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	棺材, 材
	Taiwan	棺材
	Harbin	棺材, 壽材 †
	Singapore	棺材
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	棺材, 壽材 †
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	棺材, 壽材 †
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	棺材, 坷漏
	Wanrong	壽木 †
	Xi'an	枋, 棺子, 棺材, 材, 壽材 †
	Xining	棺材, 棺木, 壽材 †
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	棺材, 壽板 †, 壽材 †
	Ürümqi	棺材, 壽材 †
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	棺材, 枋子, 壽枋 †, 壽木 †
	Wuhan	棺材, 壽木 †
	Guiyang	木頭, 大木, 材子, 老家 †, 大老家 †, 壽木 †
	Guilin	棺材
	Liuzhou	棺木, 棺材, 四塊半, 壽枋 †, 壽板 †, 長生板 †
	Dagudi (Maliba)	棺材
	Reshuitang (Longling)	棺材
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	棺材, 壽木 †
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	棺材
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	棺材, 四塊板, 壽材 †
	Yangzhou	棺材, 壽材 †
	Hefei	棺材
Cantonese	Guangzhou	棺材, 四塊半, 四塊板, 四方竇, 長生板
	Hong Kong	棺材, 四塊半, 長生板, 壽板
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	棺材, 壽板
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	棺材
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	棺材
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	棺材
	Macau	棺材, 壽板
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	棺材
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	棺材
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	棺材
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	棺材
	Foshan	棺材
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	棺材
	Foshan (Shunde)	棺材
	Foshan (Sanshui)	棺材
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	棺材
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	棺材
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	壽木
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	棺材
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	棺材
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	棺材
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	棺材
	Taishan	棺材
	Kaiping (Chikan)	木, 棺材
	Enping (Niujiang)	棺材
	Heshan (Yayao)	棺材
	Dongguan	棺材, 四塊半, 木訥, 壽材 †, 壽方 †
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	棺材
	Yangjiang	棺材
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	棺材, 四塊半, 壽板
	Singapore (Guangfu)	棺材
Gan	Nanchang	棺材, 壽材 †
	Lichuan	棺材, 壽木 †, 壽材 †
	Pingxiang	棺材, 長生, 料, 壽樹 †
Hakka	Meixian	棺材, 棺木, 長生板, 壽材
	Xingning	長生
	Dabu (Xihe)	棺材, 壽枋
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	棺材
	Huiyang	棺材, 長生
	Huidong (Daling)	長生, 大屋
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	棺材
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	棺材
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	棺材
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	棺材
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	棺材
	Wuhua (Changbu)	棺材
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	棺材
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	棺材
	Wengyuan	木頭
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	木頭
	Liannan	壽棺材
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	棺材
	Jiexi	長生大屋, 長生板
	Luhe	棺材
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	棺木
	Changting	壽木
	Wuping	木頭
	Wuping (Yanqian)	棺木, 福板
	Wuping (Pingyu)	長生木
	Liancheng	木頭
	Ninghua	壽木, 老屋, 壽具, 蓄樹
	Yudu	棺材, 壽床, 老屋, 壽木 †
	Ningdu	萬年床
	Ruijin	壽櫃
	Shicheng	壽木
	Shangyou (Shexi)	壽木
	Tonggu (Sandu)	壽材
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	壽木
	Dayu	壽木
	Hong Kong	棺材, 壽房
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	棺材
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	長生
	Xinyi (Sihe)	棺材
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	棺材
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	棺材
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	棺材
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	棺材
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	長生, 壽板
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	棺材
	Mengshan (Xihe)	壽
	Luchuan	壽木
	Sabah (Longchuan)	棺材
	Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)	棺材, 壽板, 棺木
	Senai (Huiyang)	棺材, 四塊半, 長生板
	Senai (Hepo)	棺材
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	棺樵, 大屋
	Singkawang	棺材
Huizhou	Jixi	棺材, 材, 壽材 †, 壽木 †
Jin	Taiyuan	棺材, 壽材 †, 壽木 †
	Xinzhou	棺材, 壽器 †, 大頭 †
Northern Min	Jian'ou	棺木, 四塊板
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	棺材, 棺木, 壽板 †
Southern Min	Xiamen	棺柴, 棺, 壽板 †, 壽柴, 大厝 dated
	Quanzhou	棺柴, 棺, 壽柴
	Jinjiang	壽板, 老壽
	Zhangzhou	棺柴, 棺, 壽板 †, 壽柴
	Taipei	棺柴, 大壽 ‡, 壽板 ‡
	Taipei (Wanhua)	棺柴
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	棺柴, 大壽 ‡
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	棺柴, 壽板 ‡
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	棺柴
	Kaohsiung	棺柴, 壽 ‡, 壽板 ‡
	Yilan	棺柴, 大壽 ‡, 壽板 ‡
	Changhua (Lukang)	棺柴, 大壽 ‡, 壽 ‡
	Taichung	棺柴, 棺木 ‡
	Taichung (Wuqi)	棺柴
	Tainan	棺柴, 板仔, 大厝 ‡, 壽板 ‡, 大壽 ‡, 壽 ‡
	Taitung	棺柴
	Hsinchu	棺柴, 大壽 ‡
	Kinmen	棺柴, 壽板 ‡, 壽枋 ‡, 大厝 ‡, 棺木 ‡
	Penghu (Magong)	棺柴, 壽 ‡
	Singapore (Hokkien)	棺柴, 大厝
	Manila (Hokkien)	棺柴, 棺
	Chaozhou	棺柴
	Shantou	棺柴
	Shantou (Chenghai)	棺柴
	Jieyang	棺柴, 大厝
	Haifeng	棺柴
	Bangkok (Teochew)	棺柴, 大厝
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	大厝, 四個半
	Singapore (Teochew)	棺柴
	Haikou	棺材, 壽板 †
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	棺材
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	棺材, 四塊半, 四合板, 壽木 †, 壽板 †
Wu	Shanghai	棺材, 壽材 †, 壽器 †
	Shanghai (Chongming)	棺材, 材, 壽材 †
	Suzhou	棺材, 壽材 †, 壽器 †
	Danyang	棺材, 壽材 †
	Hangzhou	棺材, 壽材 †
	Ningbo	棺材, 壽材 †
	Wenzhou	棺材, 枋
	Jinhua	棺材, 材, 壽材 †, 壽屋 †
Xiang	Changsha	棺材, 料, 棺木, 壽枋 †
	Loudi	棺材, 料, 長生 †, 壽器 †
	Shuangfeng	木, 大料
Note	† - prepared before one's death; ‡ - elegant form

Dialectal synonyms of 棺材 (“coffin”) [map]

• • 壽棺／寿棺
  • (Hokkien) 杉板, 薄板仔

Derived terms

• 不見棺材不下淚／不见棺材不下泪
• 不見棺材不掉淚／不见棺材不掉泪 (bùjiàn guāncai bù diàolèi)
• 不見棺材不流淚／不见棺材不流泪
• 不見棺材不落淚／不见棺材不落泪 (bùjiàn guāncái bù luòlèi)
• 出棺材
• 唔見棺材唔流眼淚／唔见棺材唔流眼泪
• 搶棺材奔命／抢棺材奔命
• 棺材出了討挽歌郎錢／棺材出了讨挽歌郎钱
• 棺材座子
• 棺材本
• 棺材板
• 棺材楦子
• 棺材瓤子
• 棺材裡伸手／棺材里伸手
• 沒底棺材／没底棺材
• 老棺材
• 進棺材／进棺材 (jìn guāncái)