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深閨

深閨

See also: 深闺

Chinese

		deep; profound	small arched door; women's apartment; women
trad. (深閨)		深	閨
simp. (深闺)		深	闺

Noun

深閨

(archaic) women's apartments within the palace; women's chambers
- 806: Bai Juyi, Song of Everlasting Regret
  養在深閨人未識
  She had been brought up in the women's chambers, and was not yet known to the outside world.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): shēnguī

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄣㄍㄨㄟ
Min Nan (POJ): chhim-kui

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: shēnguī
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄣㄍㄨㄟ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenguei
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂən⁵⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhim-kui
  - Tâi-lô: tshim-kui
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chimkuy
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕʰim⁴⁴⁻²² kui⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰim³³ kui³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰim⁴⁴⁻²² kui⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰim⁴⁴⁻³³ kui⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰim⁴⁴⁻³³ kui⁴⁴/