掛冠

Chinese

		to hang; to put up; to suspend	to head; hat; crown to head; hat; crown; crest; cap
trad. (掛冠)		掛	冠
simp. (挂冠)		挂	冠
Literally: “to hang one's official hat up (because it will never be used after resignation)”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guàguān

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄚˋ ㄍㄨㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaa³ gun¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guàguān
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄚˋ ㄍㄨㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guàguan
  - Wade–Giles: kua⁴-kuan¹
  - Yale: gwà-gwān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guahguan
  - Palladius: гуагуань (guaguanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ä⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwaa³ gun¹
  - Yale: gwa gūn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwaa³ gun¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gua³ gun¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaː³³ kuːn⁵⁵/

Verb

掛⫽冠 (verb-object)

(literary, of an official) to resign

Antonyms

彈冠／弹冠 (tánguān)

See also

烏紗帽／乌纱帽 (wūshāmào)
掛靴／挂靴 (guàxuē)

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