入關

Chinese

		to enter	to close; to shut; to turn off to close; to shut; to turn off; to concern; to involve; mountain pass
trad. (入關)		入	關
simp. (入关)		入	关

Etymology

Mainland Chinese neologism: First attested by Chinese netizen Shan Gao Xian (山高縣) on Zhihu, who compared contemporary China and the West with the Manchus and late Ming Dynasty.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rùguān

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jap⁶ gwaan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rùguān
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rùguan
    • Wade–Giles: ju⁴-kuan¹
    • Yale: rù-gwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruhguan
    • Palladius: жугуань (žuguanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jap⁶ gwaan¹
    • Yale: yahp gwāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jap⁹ gwaan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeb⁶ guan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐp̚² kʷaːn⁵⁵/

Verb

入關

1. to enter a country through its customs
2. (historical, of the Qing dynasty) to enter China proper through the Shanhai Pass (and establish itself as the dominant power of China)
3. to be admitted to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
4. (Mainland China, neologism, Internet slang, of China) to replace the US and become a global superpower