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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēnguī

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣ ㄍㄨㄟ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhim-kui

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēnguī
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣ ㄍㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shenguei
    • Wade–Giles: shên¹-kuei¹
    • Yale: shēn-gwēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenguei
    • Palladius: шэньгуй (šɛnʹguj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən⁵⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhim-kui
    • Tâi-lô: tshim-kui
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chimkuy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰim⁴⁴⁻²² kui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰim³³ kui³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰim⁴⁴⁻²² kui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰim⁴⁴⁻³³ kui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰim⁴⁴⁻³³ kui⁴⁴/

Noun

深閨

1. (archaic) women's apartments within the palace; women's chambers

   • 養在深閨人未識 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     养在深闺人未识 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: 806 CE, Bai Juyi, Song of Everlasting Regret

     yǎng zài shēnguī rén wèi shí [Pinyin]

     She had been brought up in the women's chambers, and was not yet known to the outside world.