太監

See also: 太监

Chinese

		too (much); very; extremely too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest	supervisor; hard; strong supervisor; hard; strong; solid; firm; to supervise; to inspect; jail; prison
trad. (太監)		太	監
simp. (太监)		太	监

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tàijiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taai³ gaam³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thai-kam
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thài-kàm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tàijiàn → tàijian (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ → ㄊㄞˋ ˙ㄐㄧㄢ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tàijiån
    • Wade–Giles: tʻai⁴-chien⁵
    • Yale: tài-jyan
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tay.jiann
    • Palladius: тайцзянь (tajczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/ → /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ d͡ʑ̥i̯ɛn¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taai³ gaam³
    • Yale: taai gaam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taai³ gaam³
    • Guangdong Romanization: tai³ gam³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːi̯³³ kaːm³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-kam
    • Hakka Romanization System: tai gam
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ gam⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ kam⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thài-kàm
    • Tâi-lô: thài-kàm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tae'kaxm
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ kam²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kam⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ kam²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰai¹¹⁻⁵³ kam¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰai²¹⁻⁴¹ kam²¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 太監

1. (historical, Ming and Qing dynasties) eunuch of a palace or court; imperial eunuch

   太監都是被閹割了的男人。 [MSC, trad.]
   太监都是被阉割了的男人。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tàijiàn dōu shì bèi yāngē le de nánrén. [Pinyin]

   All eunuchs are men who have been castrated.

Synonyms

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• 內臣／内臣 (nèichén)
• 宦官 (huànguān) (chiefly historical)
• 寺人 (sìrén) (literary, historical)
• 閹人／阉人 (yānrén) (historical)
• 閹宦／阉宦 (yānhuàn) (literary, historical)

 

Descendants

→ Manchu: ᡨ᠋ᠠᡳ᠌ᡤᡳᠶᠠᠨ (taigiyan)

Derived terms

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