# 交關
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jiāoguān
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠ ㄍㄨㄢ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau$^1$ gwaan$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): kâu-kôn
    (Hailu, HRS): gau$^ˋ$ gon$^ˋ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): gau$^1$ gon$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kau-koan
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^1$ciau-kue$_1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiāoguān
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠ ㄍㄨㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jiaoguan
*** Wade–Giles: chiao$^1$-kuan$^1$
*** Yale: jyāu-gwān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiauguan
*** Palladius: цзяогуань (czjaoguanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ku̯än⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gaau$^1$ gwaan$^1$
*** Yale: gāau gwāan
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gaau$^1$ gwaan$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gao$^1$ guan$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kaːu̯⁵⁵ kʷaːn⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kâu-kôn
*** Hakka Romanization System: gau$^ˊ$ gon$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gau$^1$ gon$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /kau̯²⁴⁻¹¹ kon²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: gau$^ˋ$ gon$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /kau⁵³ kon⁵³/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: gau$^1$ gon$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /kau⁴⁴ kɔn⁴⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kau-koan
*** Tâi-lô: kau-kuan
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kau'koafn
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kau⁴⁴⁻²² kuan⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kau³³ kuan³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kau⁴⁴⁻²² kuan⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kau⁴⁴⁻³³ kuan⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kau⁴⁴⁻³³ kuan⁴⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai, Suzhou)
*** Wugniu: $^1$ciau-kue$_1$
*** MiniDict: ciau$^平$ kue$^平$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$jiau-kue$_1$
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕiɔ⁵⁵ kue²¹/
*** Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /t͡ɕiæ⁴⁴ kue/

### Adjective

交關
* related
    性命交關／性命交关 ― xìngmìng jiāoguān ― vitally important (lit. related to life)
* (Wu) many [from 19th c.]
    交關物事／交关物事 [Shanghainese] ― $^1$ciau-kue$_1$ $^8$meq-zy$_6$ [Wugniu] ― Many things
* (Cantonese) to a high degree; serious; unbearable; terrible (usually with 得 (dak$^1$))
       nei$^5$ dei$^6$ zou$^6$ me$^1$ cou$^4$ dak$^1$ gam$^3$ gaau$^1$ gwaan$^1$ aa$^3$? [Jyutping]
       What are you arguing so terribly for?
       gam$^1$ jat$^6$ jau$^6$ wui$^5$ dung$^3$ dak$^1$ gam$^3$ gaau$^1$ gwaan$^1$ ge$^2$? [Jyutping]
       How come it's so unbearably cold today?
    靚得交關／靓得交关 [Cantonese] ― leng$^3$ dak$^1$ gaau$^1$ gwaan$^1$ [Jyutping] ― extremely pretty

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 許多, 甚多 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 老些, 老些個 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 很多, 好多, 滿多, 許多 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 好多 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 好多 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 好多 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 當多, 已多 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 蓋多 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 當多, 盡多, 已多 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 當多, 已多 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 當多, 盡多, 已多 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 真多, 足多 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 野濟 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 真濟, 野濟, 誠濟, 有夠濟 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 真濟, 野濟, 誠濟, 有夠濟 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 盡濟, 蓋濟, 足濟, 有夠濟 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 真濟, 誠濟 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 真濟, 誠濟 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 有夠濟, 足濟, 真濟, 誠濟, 蓋濟 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 有夠濟, 足濟, 誠濟, 盡濟 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 真濟, 誠濟 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 誠濟, 蓋濟, 足濟 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 有夠濟, 足濟, 真濟, 誠濟, 蓋濟 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 真濟, 誠濟 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 足濟, 誠濟 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 真濟, 誠濟 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 誠濟 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 野濟, 真濟 |
| Southern Min | Puning | 好濟 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 老多, 交關, 交關多, 造反, 行情, 介許多 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 造反 |

### Verb

交關
* (literary, Southern Min, Hakka, Wu) to do business
* (literary, Wu) to be connected
* (literary) to conspire; to collude
* (literary) to mingle; to intertwine

### Adverb

交關
* (Wu) very; quite; seriously; tremendously; terribly; extremely [from 20th c.]
    交關漂亮／交关漂亮 [Shanghainese] ― $^1$ciau-kue $^5$phiau-lian [Wugniu] ― extremely pretty
       $^8$geq-taq $^5$tha-yan $^7$iq-tsheq $^6$zhieu $^1$ciau-kue-gniq-gheq [Wugniu]
       It gets very hot here when the sun comes out.
    From: 1899, 海天鴻雪記
    Official Wei said, “he’s fifty-something years old. The old man really likes to play.”

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 甚, 孔 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 很, 非常, 十分 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 挺, 很, 倍兒, 怪 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 很, 好, 非常, 超, 蠻, 超級 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 很 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 很, 蠻, 非常 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 挺, 很, 傻, 老, 倍兒, 齁兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 挺, 楞 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 很 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 很, 好 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 很 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 蠻, 很 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 蠻, 稀, 很 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 很 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 好, 非常之 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 好, 非常, 非常之, 超, 勁, 十分之, 無敵 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 好 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 好, 十分之 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 好 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 好 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 好, 非常之, 非常 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 蠻 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 好, 刮, 已, 還, 異, 還 exclamation |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 好 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Meilin) | 好 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 頂 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 好 |
| Hakka | Changting | 野 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 已, 刮 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 樣 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 好 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 蠻 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 蠻 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 蠻 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 當, 已, 還 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 蓋, 盡, 還 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 當, 盡, 已, 還 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 當, 已, 還 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 當, 已, 還 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 足, 真, 實在 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 好 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Bao'an) | 好 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 很 |
| Hakka | Singapore (Dabu) | 好 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 很, 挺 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 盡 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 野, 真 |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 真 |
| Eastern Min | Sitiawan (Gutian) | 真 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 真, 野, 誠, 有夠, 萬代, 死人, 非常, 真正, 設汰, 一 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 真 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 真, 野, 誠, 有夠, 萬代, 死人, 設汰 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 野, 萬代 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 盡, 蓋, 足, 足範, 有夠, 出奇, 極死, 見死, 死了了, 死人, 設汰, 設汰仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 很, 真, 死絕, 好, 非常 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 真, 非常 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 真, 誠 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 真, 誠 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 有夠, 足, 真, 誠, 蓋 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 有夠, 足, 誠, 盡 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 真, 誠 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 誠, 蓋, 足 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 有夠, 足, 真, 誠, 蓋 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 真, 誠 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 足, 誠 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 真, 誠 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 真, 誠, 真正 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 真, 死爸, 真正, 誠, 足, 有夠 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 野, 真, 萬代, 真誠, 誠, 有夠 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 過, 好, 非常, 死爸 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 過, 鐵, 好, 很, 死爸, 死絕 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 好, 死絕 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 好, 非常 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 過, 好, 死爸, 死絕 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 好 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 好 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 真, 死爸, 非常 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 極, 但顧, 真 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 但顧 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 但顧, 真 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 但顧, 真 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 好, 蠻 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 蠻, 老, 邪氣, 老老, 瞎, 絕, 十分, 十二萬分, 非常, 非常之, 畢, 畢畢, 來得, 來得個, 煞, 交關, 十二分 rare, 窮 dated, 野 dated, 邪 dated |
| Wu | Suzhou | 蠻, 窮 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 蠻, 交關, 木佬佬, 冒 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 交關, 蠻, 堪, 𣍐好, 𣍐派, 甮派, 出格, 木牢牢 rare, 猛 rare |
| Wu | Zhoushan | 交關, 蠻, 猛, 堪, 出格, 木牢牢 rare |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 蠻, 蒙, 顯 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 很, 蠻 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 蠻 |

### References

* “交關”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.