堂子
Chinese
(main) hall; large room | child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight | ||
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simp. and trad. (堂子) |
堂 | 子 |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄤˊ ˙ㄗ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tángzi̊h
- Wade–Giles: tʻang2-tzŭ5
- Yale: táng-dz
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tarng.tzy
- Palladius: танцзы (tanczy)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰɑŋ³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: tong4 zi2
- Yale: tòhng jí
- Cantonese Pinyin: tong4 dzi2
- Guangdong Romanization: tong4 ji2
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰɔːŋ²¹ t͡siː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
(deprecated template usage) 堂子
- imperial sacrificial temple (in the Qing Dynasty)
- (dialectal) brothel
Synonyms
- (brothel):
- 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)
- 娼門/娼门 (chāngmén)
- 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)