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

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaa⁵ cyun⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): óa-choân

---

• 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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaa⁵ cyun⁴
    • Yale: ngáh chyùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaa⁵ tsyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: nga⁵ qun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaː¹³ t͡sʰyːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: óa-choân
    • Tâi-lô: uá-tsuân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oafzoaan
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /ua⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡suan²⁴/

Verb

瓦全

1. (figurative) to live in dishonor; to live a humble life

Antonyms

• 玉碎 (yùsuì)

Derived terms

• 寧可玉碎，不能瓦全 / 宁可玉碎，不能瓦全
• 寧為玉碎，不為瓦全 / 宁为玉碎，不为瓦全

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])
• IPA^(key): [ɡa̠zẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

瓦(が)全(ぜん) • (gazen) 

1. meaningless existence

   Antonym: 玉砕

References

• “瓦全”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026