果敢

Chinese

		fruit; result	dare
simp. and trad. (果敢)		果	敢

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guǒgǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛˇ ㄍㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwo² gam²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: guǒgǎn [Phonetic: guógǎn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˇ ㄍㄢˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guuogaan
  - IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ka̠n²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwo² gam²
  - Yale: gwó gám
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwo² gam²
  - Guangdong Romanization: guo² gem²
  - IPA ^(key): /kʷɔː³⁵ kɐm³⁵/

Middle Chinese: /kuɑ^X kɑm^X/▼

Rime
Character	果	敢
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	戈 (95)	談 (143)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	古火切	古覽切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuɑ^X/	/kɑm^X/
Pan Wuyun	/kuɑ^X/	/kɑm^X/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɑ^X/	/kɑm^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwa^X/	/kam^X/
Li Rong	/kuɑ^X/	/kɑm^X/
Wang Li	/kuɑ^X/	/kɑm^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/kuɑ^X/	/kɑm^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guǒ	gǎn

Etymology 1

Adjective

果敢

courageous and resolute; resolute and daring

Derived terms

勇猛果敢

Etymology 2

From Burmese ကိုးကန့် (kui:kan.).

Proper noun

果敢

(～自治區) Kokang (special region of Myanmar)
(～人, ～族) Kokang people

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