幽居

Chinese

		quiet; secluded	reside
trad. (幽居)		幽	居
simp. #(幽居)		幽	居

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yōujū

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡ ㄐㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau¹ geoi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yōujū
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡ ㄐㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: youjyu
    • Wade–Giles: yu¹-chü¹
    • Yale: yōu-jyū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ioujiu
    • Palladius: юцзюй (juczjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau¹ geoi¹
    • Yale: yāu gēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau¹ goey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo¹ gêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯⁵⁵ kɵy̯⁵⁵/

Verb

幽居

1. (literary) to live in seclusion

   • 絕代有佳人，幽居在空谷。自云良家子，零落依草木。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     绝代有佳人，幽居在空谷。自云良家子，零落依草木。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 《佳人》, by Du Fu, 700s

     Juédài yǒu jiārén, yōujū zài kōnggǔ. Zì yún liángjiā zǐ, língluò yī cǎomù. [Pinyin]

     There is a peerless beauty, living hidden in a desolate valley. She says of herself that she is the child of a good family; after fortunes waned, she made resort to the trees and grass.

Synonyms

• 屏居 (bǐngjū) (literary)
• 幽棲／幽栖 (yōuqī) (literary)
• 杜門／杜门 (dùmén) (literary, figurative)
• 臥／卧 (wò) (literary)
• 臥雲／卧云 (wòyún) (literary)
• 豹隱／豹隐 (bàoyǐn) (literary)
• 辭世／辞世 (císhì) (literary)
• 退居 (tuìjū) (literary)
• 退隱／退隐 (tuìyǐn) (of an official, renowned person)
• 遁世 (dùnshì) (literary)
• 遁跡／遁迹 (dùnjì) (literary)
• 避世 (bìshì)
• 閉門／闭门 (bìmén) (literary, figurative)
• 隱居／隐居 (yǐnjū)
• 隱逸／隐逸 (yǐnyì) (literary)

 

Noun

幽居

1. secluded residence

Japanese

Kanji in this term
幽	居
ゆう Grade: S	きょ Grade: 5
on’yomi

Noun

幽(ゆう)居(きょ) • (yūkyo) 

1. retirement, retreat

Verb

幽(ゆう)居(きょ)する • (yūkyo suru) suru (stem 幽(ゆう)居(きょ)し (yūkyo shi), past 幽(ゆう)居(きょ)した (yūkyo shita))

1. retire, seclude oneself from the world

Conjugation

Conjugation of "幽居する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	幽居し	ゆうきょし	yūkyo shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	幽居し	ゆうきょし	yūkyo shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	幽居する	ゆうきょする	yūkyo suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	幽居する	ゆうきょする	yūkyo suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	幽居すれ	ゆうきょすれ	yūkyo sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	幽居せよ¹ 幽居しろ²	ゆうきょせよ¹ ゆうきょしろ²	yūkyo seyo¹ yūkyo shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	幽居される	ゆうきょされる	yūkyo sareru
Causative	幽居させる 幽居さす	ゆうきょさせる ゆうきょさす	yūkyo saseru yūkyo sasu
Potential	幽居できる	ゆうきょできる	yūkyo dekiru
Volitional	幽居しよう	ゆうきょしよう	yūkyo shiyō
Negative	幽居しない	ゆうきょしない	yūkyo shinai
Negative continuative	幽居せず	ゆうきょせず	yūkyo sezu
Formal	幽居します	ゆうきょします	yūkyo shimasu
Perfective	幽居した	ゆうきょした	yūkyo shita
Conjunctive	幽居して	ゆうきょして	yūkyo shite
Hypothetical conditional	幽居すれば	ゆうきょすれば	yūkyo sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative