娼門

Chinese

		prostitute	opening; door; gate opening; door; gate; doorway; gateway; valve; switch; way to do something; knack; family; house; (religious) sect; school (of thought); class; category; (taxonomy) phylum or division
trad. (娼門)		娼	門
simp. (娼门)		娼	门

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chāngmén

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄤ ㄇㄣˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chāngmén
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄤ ㄇㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: changmén
    • Wade–Giles: chʻang¹-mên²
    • Yale: chāng-mén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: changmen
    • Palladius: чанмэнь (čanmɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ⁵⁵ mən³⁵/

Noun

娼門

1. brothel; whorehouse

Synonyms

• 個中／个中 (gèzhōng) (secret language, obsolete)
• 勾欄／勾栏 (gōulán) (archaic)
• 半開門／半开门 (⁵poe-khe-men) (Wu, dated)
• 嚮導社／向导社 (⁵shian-dau-zo) (Wu, dated)
• 妓樓／妓楼 (jìlóu) (literary)
• 妓院 (jìyuàn)
• 妓館／妓馆 (jìguǎn) (literary)
• 娼寮 (chāngliáo) (dated)
• 娼樓／娼楼 (chānglóu) (literary)
• 書寓／书寓 (¹sy-gniu) (Wu, dated)
• 煙花間／烟花间 (¹i-ho-ke) (Wu, dated)
• 窯／窑 (yáo) (colloquial)
• 窯子／窑子 (yáozi) (colloquial)
• 花柳 (huāliǔ) (literary, figurative)
• 青樓／青楼 (qīnglóu) (literary)