曲院

Chinese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 曲院 – see 麴院 (“brewery”). (This term is the simplified form of 麴院).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 2

		crooked bent	courtyard(s)
simp. and trad. (曲院)		曲	院

"Wind and Lotuses at the Winding Courtyard", one of the Qing era's Ten Scenes of West Lake (西湖十景)

As a Hangzhou garden, renamed by the Kangxi Emperor of the Qing from the original 麯院 while bestowing calligraphic placards to the Ten Scenes of West Lake on his third southern tour in 1699.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qūyuàn, Qūyuàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩ ㄩㄢˋ, ㄑㄩ ㄩㄢˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qūyuàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩ ㄩㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyuyuàn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻü¹-yüan⁴
    • Yale: chyū-ywàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiuyuann
    • Palladius: цюйюань (cjujjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵ ɥɛn⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 曲院 麴院 / 曲院

      
      
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Qūyuàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩ ㄩㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Cyuyuàn
    • Wade–Giles: Chʻü¹-yüan⁴
    • Yale: Chyū-ywàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chiuyuann
    • Palladius: Цюйюань (Cjujjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵ ɥɛn⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 曲院 麴院 / 曲院

Noun

曲院

1. (literary) brothel

Proper noun

曲院

1. a garden in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China