DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

關云長

简关云长 · 繁關云長

Mandarin · pinyin Guān Yún cháng

courtesy name of 關羽 Guān Yǔ

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

關: Look up this written character
云: yún · say, speak; clouds
長: zhǎng · long; length; excel in; leader; Kangxi radical 168
关: guān · frontier pass; close; relation
长: zhǎng · long; length; excel in; leader

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

1–2–2 · Guan1 Yun2 chang2

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

4character links1source reference

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

關云長 · find source passages ↗ · 关云长 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗