篳門閨竇

See also: 筚门闺窦

Chinese

		door made of wicker; poor household; poverty-stricken family	small arched door; women's apartment; women	hole; aperture; cavity hole; aperture; cavity; (anatomy) sinus
trad. (篳門閨竇)		篳門	閨	竇
simp. (筚门闺窦)		筚门	闺	窦
Literally: “wicker door; holed wall”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìménguīdòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄇㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄉㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ mun⁴ gwai¹ dau⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bìménguīdòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄇㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄉㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìméngueidòu
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴-mên²-kuei¹-tou⁴
    • Yale: bì-mén-gwēi-dòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihmengueidow
    • Palladius: бимэньгуйдоу (bimɛnʹgujdou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ mən³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ toʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ mun⁴ gwai¹ dau⁶
    • Yale: bāt mùhn gwāi dauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ mun⁴ gwai¹ dau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ mun⁴ guei¹ deo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ muːn²¹ kʷɐi̯⁵⁵ tɐu̯²²/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 篳門閨竇

1. wretched hovel; living in poverty; poverty-stricken