<p><a href="https://cantoneseplus.com/character/2279" rel="nofollow noreferrer">援</a></p>
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<p>Jyutping wun4 is standard reading; jyun4 is variant.</p>
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<p>Almost everyone pronounces 援 as /wun4/ colloquially</p>
<p>In day-to-day life, 援 is pronounced as /jyun4/ mostly when it is literary, for example, reading from a script in the news, but in most cases, reading as /wun4/ is still preferred)</p>

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2024-08-20T17:17:18.110Z
Thanks. Is there anything specific about 軍事援助 or should that represent 援 the same as elsewhere (i.e. wun4 colloquially, juan4 written)?
Mark
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2024-08-20T18:34:03.230Z
Sometimes people just want to make it sound more literary thus giving a formal feel, Also 援助 in 軍事援/wun4/助 sounds like a verb; in 軍事援/yun4/助 sounds like a noun
Tang Ho
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2024-08-20T12:46:56.017Z
2024-08-20T12:46:56.017Z
Tang Ho
<p>Cantodict has a number of entries that indicate 援 can be pronounced jyun4 as well as wun4. Is this correct, because I've heard people say it's always wun4?</p>
<p>Here are the current relevant entries in Cantodict:</p>
<pre><code>援: wun4/jyun4
技術支援: gei6 seot6 zi1 wun4/jyun4
支援: zi1 wun4/jyun4
援助: jyun4 zo6; wun4 zo6
增援: zang1 wun4/jyun4
核支援: hat6 zi1 wun4/jyun4
軍事援助: gwan1 si6 jyun4 zo6 (note: jyun4 only)
援手: wun4 sau2; jyun4 sau2
外援: ngoi6 wun4/jyun4
</code></pre>

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2024-08-20T18:07:24.953Z
援 = 雨元切 in Middle Chinese, and so would "regularly" become _jyun4_ in Cantonese. But colloquialisms and irregularities do become standard over time!
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Cantonese (jyutping) pronunciation of 援 (wun4 or jyun4 or both)?
# Cantonese (jyutping) pronunciation of 援 (wun4 or jyun4 or both)?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2024-08-20)

Cantodict has a number of entries that indicate 援 can be pronounced jyun4 as well as wun4. Is this correct, because I've heard people say it's always wun4?
Here are the current relevant entries in Cantodict:
援: wun4/jyun4
技術支援: gei6 seot6 zi1 wun4/jyun4
支援: zi1 wun4/jyun4
援助: jyun4 zo6; wun4 zo6
增援: zang1 wun4/jyun4
核支援: hat6 zi1 wun4/jyun4
軍事援助: gwan1 si6 jyun4 zo6 (note: jyun4 only)
援手: wun4 sau2; jyun4 sau2
外援: ngoi6 wun4/jyun4

**Tags:** pronunciation, cantonese
> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: 援 = 雨元切 in Middle Chinese, and so would "regularly" become _jyun4_ in Cantonese. But colloquialisms and irregularities do become standard over time!  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2024-08-20. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

[援](https://cantoneseplus.com/character/2279)

> Jyutping wun4 is standard reading; jyun4 is variant.

Almost everyone pronounces 援 as /wun4/ colloquially

In day-to-day life, 援 is pronounced as /jyun4/ mostly when it is literary, for example, reading from a script in the news, but in most cases, reading as /wun4/ is still preferred)

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thanks. Is there anything specific about 軍事援助 or should that represent 援 the same as elsewhere (i.e. wun4 colloquially, juan4 written)?  
> **username_2**: Sometimes people just want to make it sound more literary thus giving a formal feel, Also 援助 in 軍事援/wun4/助 sounds like a verb; in 軍事援/yun4/助 sounds like a noun  

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