# 關公
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Guān Gōng
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢ ㄍㄨㄥ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaan$^1$ gung$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): guan$^1$ gung
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): Kôan-kûng
    (Hailu, HRS): guan$^ˋ$ gung$^ˋ$
* Eastern Min (BUC): Guăng-gŭng
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Koan-kong
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Guān Gōng
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢ ㄍㄨㄥ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Guan Gong
*** Wade–Giles: Kuan$^1$ Kung$^1$
*** Yale: Gwān Gūng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Guan Gong
*** Palladius: Гуань Гун (Guanʹ Gun)
*** Sinological IPA : /ku̯än⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gwaan$^1$ gung$^1$
*** Yale: gwāan gūng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gwaan$^1$ gung$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: guan$^1$ gung$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʷaːn⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: guan$^1$ gung
*** Sinological IPA : /kuan⁴² kuŋ²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Kôan-kûng
*** Hakka Romanization System: guan$^ˊ$ gung$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: guan$^1$ gung$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /ku̯an²⁴⁻¹¹ kuŋ²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: guan$^ˋ$ gung$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /kuan⁵³ kuŋ⁵³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: Guăng-gŭng
*** Sinological IPA : /kuaŋ⁵⁵ $^{(k-)}$ŋuŋ⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Tainan, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Koan-kong
*** Tâi-lô: Kuan-kong
*** Phofsit Daibuun: koankofng
*** IPA (Tainan): /kuan⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Singapore): /kuan⁴⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴/

### Proper noun

關公
* (honorific) Lord Guan; Guan Yu (160–219)
    關公戰秦瓊／关公战秦琼 ― guāngōng zhàn Qín Qióng ― Lord Guan vs Qin Qiong (d. 638), an idiom describing impossibility or absurdity

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 關聖帝君, 關帝, 關公, 關聖, 武聖, 關夫子, 關帝爺, 關老爺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 關老爺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 關帝, 關公 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 關老爺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 關老爺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 關老爺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 關老爺, 關帝爺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 關老爺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 關老爺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 關老爺, 關公老爺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 關老爺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 關老爺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 關老爺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 關老爺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 關老爺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 關公 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 關老爺 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 關老爺 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 關老爺 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 關老爺 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 關老爺 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 關老爺 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 關老爺, 關公 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 關老爺 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 關老爺 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 關老爺 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 關老爺, 關公 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 關老爺 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 關老爺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 關老爺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 關老爺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 關老爺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 關老爺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 關爺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 老關爺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 老關爺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 關老爺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 關老爺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 關老爺, 關爺, 關公 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 關老爺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 關公 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 關老爺, 關公 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 關老爺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 關老爺 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 關老爺 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 關老爺, 關爺, 關公 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 關老爺 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 關老爺 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 關老爺 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 關老爺 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 關老爺 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 關公 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 關爺 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 關聖人 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 關爺 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 關老爺 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 關老爺 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 關老爺 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 關老爺 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 關老爺 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 關聖 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 關聖人 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 關聖老爺 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 關王 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 關二爺, 關聖帝君 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 關老爺 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 關老爺 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 關老爺 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 關帝 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 關老爺 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 關夫子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 關老爺 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 關老爺 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 關老爺 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 關老爺 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 關老爺 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 關老爺 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 關老爺 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 關老爺 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 關夫子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 關夫子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 關老爺, 關帝菩薩 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 關公, 關二哥 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 關公 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 關公, 關爺 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 恩主公, 關公 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 恩主公, 關爺 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 恩主公, 關公 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 恩主公, 關公 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 恩主公, 關公 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 恩主公, 關帝爺, 關公 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 關帝菩薩 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 關老爺 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 關老爺, 關帝君 |
| Jin | Datong | 關老爺 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 關老爺 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 關公老爺 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 關老爺 |
| Jin | Linhe | 關老爺 |
| Jin | Jining | 關老爺 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 關老爺 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 關老爺 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 關老爺兒 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 關老爺 |
| Jin | Handan | 關老爺 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 關老爺 |
| Jin | Suide | 關老爺, 老爺 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 關老爺 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 關老爺, 關帝, 關聖, 武聖 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 關帝爺, 帝君, 帝爺, 帝爺公 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 關帝爺, 帝爺公 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 關帝爺, 帝君 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 關公, 關老爺 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 關公, 關帝 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 帝爺公, 關公, 關帝爺 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 紅面佛 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 關爺 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 關爺 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 關帝 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 關老爺 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 關老爺 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 關帝菩薩 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 關老爺, 關公 |

#### Derived terms

* 曹操也有知心友，關公也有對頭人 / 曹操也有知心友，关公也有对头人
* 關公喝酒 / 关公喝酒
* 關公面前耍大刀 / 关公面前耍大刀 (Guāngōng miànqián shuǎ dàdāo)

#### Descendants

* → Vietnamese: Quan Công (關公)

### Noun

關公
* (Hong Kong, neologism, somewhat humorous) Synonym of 公關 (gōngguān, “public relations”)
    關公災難／关公灾难 [Cantonese] ― gwaan$^1$ gung$^1$ zoi$^1$ naan$^6$ [Jyutping] ― public relations disaster