閨中

Chinese

		small arched door; women's apartment; women	middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)
trad. (閨中)		閨	中
simp. (闺中)		闺	中

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guīzhōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟ ㄓㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai¹ zung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guīzhōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟ ㄓㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gueijhong
    • Wade–Giles: kuei¹-chung¹
    • Yale: gwēi-jūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gueijong
    • Palladius: гуйчжун (gujčžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwai¹ zung¹
    • Yale: gwāi jūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwai¹ dzung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: guei¹ zung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯⁵⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: kwej trjuwng

Rime
Character	閨	中
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	知 (9)
Final (韻)	齊 (40)	東 (2)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	IV	III
Fanqie	古攜切	陟弓切
Baxter	kwej	trjuwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kwei/	/ʈɨuŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷei/	/ʈiuŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɛi/	/ȶiuŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwɛj/	/ʈuwŋ/
Li Rong	/kuei/	/ȶiuŋ/
Wang Li	/kiwei/	/ȶĭuŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/kiwei/	/ȶi̯uŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guī	zhōng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwai1	zung1

Noun

閨中

1. (literary, historical) boudoir, bower (a woman's own bedroom)

Synonyms

• 閨房／闺房 (guīfáng)