鬧洞房

Chinese

		make noise or disturbance	secret inner room; bridal chamber
trad. (鬧洞房)		鬧	洞房
simp. (闹洞房)		闹	洞房

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nào dòngfáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄠˋ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄈㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naau⁶ dung⁶ fong⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): nāu-tōng-pâng / nāu-tōng-pông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nào dòngfáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄠˋ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄈㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nào dòngfáng
    • Wade–Giles: nao⁴ tung⁴-fang²
    • Yale: nàu dùng-fáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: naw donqfarng
    • Palladius: нао дунфан (nao dunfan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʊŋ⁵¹ fɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: naau⁶ dung⁶ fong⁴
    • Yale: naauh duhng fòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naau⁶ dung⁶ fong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: nao⁶ dung⁶ fong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːu̯²² tʊŋ²² fɔːŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nāu-tōng-pâng
    • Tâi-lô: nāu-tōng-pâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: nauxdoxngpaang
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /nãu³³⁻²¹ tɔŋ³³⁻²¹ paŋ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /nãu³³⁻¹¹ tɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ paŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nāu-tōng-pông
    • Tâi-lô: nāu-tōng-pông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: nauxdoxngpoong
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /nãu³³⁻²¹ tɔŋ³³⁻²¹ pɔŋ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /nãu³³⁻¹¹ tɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ pɔŋ²⁴/

Verb

鬧⫽洞房 (verb-object)

1. to disturb the bridal room; to banter or tease the newlyweds on wedding night

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鬧洞房 (“to disturb the bridal room; to banter or tease the newlyweds on wedding night”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鬧洞房, 鬧房, 鬧新房
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	鬧洞房, 鬧新房
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	鬧房
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	鬧房
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	鬧房, 鬧洞房
	Xi'an	耍新媳婦兒, 耍媳婦兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	鬧洞房, 鬧新房
	Lanzhou	臊新新婦, 鬧房
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	鬧新房, 鬧房, 逗新媳婦兒, 砸新媳婦兒
	Guiyang	打新房
	Liuzhou	鬧房
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	鬧喜房, 鬧新房, 鬧新娘 ♀, 磨新娘 ♀
Cantonese	Guangzhou	玩新人, 玩新婦
	Hong Kong	玩新人, 玩新婦
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	玩新婦
	Macau	鬧洞房
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	玩新婦
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	滾房
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	睇新婦
	Foshan	玩新婦
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	玩新母
	Foshan (Shunde)	玩新婦
	Foshan (Sanshui)	玩新婦
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	玩新婦
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	玩新婦
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	玩新娘
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	玩新婦
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	醜新娘
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	醜新娘
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	醜新娘
	Taishan	亂新娘
	Kaiping (Chikan)	亂新娘
	Enping (Niujiang)	亂房
	Heshan (Yayao)	玩新婦
	Dongguan	睇新婦
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	捉新郎
Gan	Nanchang	鬧新房
	Lichuan	打新房
	Pingxiang	耍新人房
Hakka	Meixian	搞新娘
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	齊新娘
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	搞新娘房
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	搞千婚
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	搞新娘
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	鬧房
	Yudu	吵房
Huizhou	Jixi	吵新人
Jin	Xinzhou	逗新媳婦兒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	𡛴新娘
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	鬧房
Southern Min	Xiamen	弄新娘
	Zhangzhou	弄新娘
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	鬧房
	Tainan	弄新娘, 鬧洞房
	Tainan (Anping)	弄新娘
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	弄新娘
	Sanxiang	玩新娘
Wu	Shanghai	鬧新房, 吵新房
	Suzhou	鬧新房
	Danyang	鬧新娘子
	Hangzhou	吵新房
	Ningbo	鬧新房, 吵房
Xiang	Loudi	鬧新房, 鬧房
Note	♀ - to banter the bride