樊籠

Chinese

		cage; fence	basket; cage
trad. (樊籠)		樊	籠
simp. (樊笼)		樊	笼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fánlóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan⁴ lung⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fánlóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fánlóng
    • Wade–Giles: fan²-lung²
    • Yale: fán-lúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farnlong
    • Palladius: фаньлун (fanʹlun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän³⁵ lʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faan⁴ lung⁴
    • Yale: fàahn lùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan⁴ lung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan⁴ lung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn²¹ lʊŋ²¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 樊籠

1. (literary) cage for keeping birds and beasts
   1. (literary, figuratively) circumstances that hinder freedom
2. (literary, historical) wooden prisoner's cage used in imperial China

Synonyms

• (wooden prisoner's cage): 囚籠／囚笼 (qiúlóng)