縱觀

See also: 纵观

Chinese

		even if; release; vertical	to look at; to watch; to observe to look at; to watch; to observe; to behold; Taoist monastery
trad. (縱觀)		縱	觀
simp. (纵观)		纵	观

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zòngguān

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄥˋ ㄍㄨㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zung³ gun¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zòngguān
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄥˋ ㄍㄨㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zòngguan
  - Wade–Giles: tsung⁴-kuan¹
  - Yale: dzùng-gwān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzonqguan
  - Palladius: цзунгуань (czunguanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    綜觀／综观
    縱觀／纵观
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zung³ gun¹
  - Yale: jung gūn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzung³ gun¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zung³ gun¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ³³ kuːn⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    綜觀／综观
    縱觀／纵观

Verb

縱觀

to look far and wide; to make an overall observation
縱觀歷史／纵观历史 ― zòngguān lìshǐ ― throughout history
- 高祖常繇咸陽，縱觀，觀秦皇帝，喟然太息曰：「嗟乎，大丈夫當如此也！」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  高祖常繇咸阳，纵观，观秦皇帝，喟然太息曰：「嗟乎，大丈夫当如此也！」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
  Gāozǔ cháng yáo Xiányáng, zòngguān, guān Qín huángdì, kuìrán tài xī yuē: “Jiēhū, dàzhàngfū dāng rúcǐ yě!” [Pinyin]
  Gaozu often served as a corvee laborer in Xianyang. [The Qin emperor was on an outing and there was] free rein to observe him. Gaozu observed the Qin emperor and sighed heavily, saying: "Ah! A true man should be like this!"

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