暗間仔

Chinese

		dark; gloomy; hidden dark; gloomy; hidden; secret	interstice; separate; between interstice; separate; between; among; space; (measure word)	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
trad. (暗間仔)		暗	間	仔
simp. (暗间仔)		暗	间	仔

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): àm-keng-á

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: àm-keng-á
    • Tâi-lô: àm-king-á
    • Phofsit Daibuun: armkeng'ar
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /am²¹⁻⁴¹ kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /am¹¹⁻⁵³ kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 暗間仔

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) brothel; whorehouse

Synonyms

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• 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)

 

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