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Chinese
Pronunciation
Noun
妓院
- brothel; whorehouse
Synonyms
- 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)
Dialectal synonyms of
妓院 (“brothel”)
| Variety
|
Location
|
Words
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
妓院, 妓館, 娼寮
|
| Northeastern Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
窯子
|
| Taiwan
|
妓院, 風月場所
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| Harbin
|
窯子
|
| Singapore
|
妓院
|
| Central Plains Mandarin
|
Wanrong
|
窯子
|
| Xi'an
|
窯子
|
| Lanyin Mandarin
|
Yinchuan
|
窯子
|
| Southwestern Mandarin
|
Liuzhou
|
窯班
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| Jianghuai Mandarin
|
Yangzhou
|
堂子 dated
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| Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
老舉寨, 老舉寮, 寨口 dated, 河下 dated
|
| Hong Kong
|
妓院, 雞竇, 妓寨, 老舉寨, 馬檻
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| Taishan
|
老舉寨
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| Dongguan
|
老舉寨
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| Yangjiang
|
老舉寨
|
| Gan
|
Lichuan
|
婊子堂, 堂子把下
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| Pingxiang
|
婊子房
|
| Hakka
|
Xingning
|
老舉寨
|
| Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
|
老舉寨
|
| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
賺食間仔
|
| Huizhou
|
Jixi
|
妓院
|
| Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
窯子
|
| Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
妓嫲行
|
| Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
婊子場, 白面厝
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| Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
查某間, 妓女間, 婊仔間, 婊間, 花間, 間仔底, 間仔, 跤梢間仔
|
| Quanzhou
|
查某間, 婊仔間, 花間
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| Zhangzhou
|
查某間, 查某孫間, 婊仔間, 花間仔, 花間, 間仔底
|
| Taipei
|
跤梢間仔, 貓仔間, 蟯仔街
|
| New Taipei (Tamsui)
|
跤梢間仔, 跤梢間, 酒家, 妓女戶, 暗間仔, 跤仔間, 茶店仔, 查某間, 大肚夫, 竹篙厝
|
| New Taipei (Sanxia)
|
跤梢間仔
|
| New Taipei (Pingxi)
|
查某間, 跤梢間仔
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| Kaohsiung
|
妓女戶, 酒家, 暗間仔, 跤梢間仔
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| Kaohsiung (Cijin)
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酒家, 跤梢間仔
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| Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)
|
酒家, 跤梢間仔, 貓仔間
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| Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)
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酒家, 跤梢間仔, 貓仔間, 妓女戶, 菜店, 查某間仔
|
| Kaohsiung (Tianliao)
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酒家, 跤梢間仔, 暗間仔, 妓女戶, 貓仔間
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| Yilan
|
妓女戶, 酒家, 暗間仔, 跤梢間仔
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| Yilan (Toucheng)
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妓女戶, 查某間, 暗間仔
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| Changhua (Lukang)
|
查某間, 烏間, 跤梢間
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| Taichung
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跤梢間仔, 查某間
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| Tainan
|
酒家, 跤梢間仔
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| Tainan (Anping)
|
酒家, 跤梢間仔, 菜店
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| Hsinchu
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跤梢間仔, 趁食間仔
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| Kinmen
|
相楗仔, 妓女戶
|
| Penghu (Magong)
|
跤梢間, 妓女院
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| Penghu (Xiyu)
|
跤梢間, 妓女院, 菜店
|
| Manila (Hokkien)
|
婊間, 摃間
|
| Jieyang
|
查某館
|
| Leizhou
|
娘館
|
| Zhongshan Min
|
Zhongshan (Sanxiang)
|
老舉寨
|
| Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
老妓寨
|
| Wu
|
Shanghai
|
妓院, 堂子
|
| Hangzhou
|
堂子 dated
|
| Xiang
|
Changsha
|
窯班
|
Descendants
Japanese
Pronunciation
Noun
妓院 • (giin)
- a brothel or similar business in a red light district
- Synonyms: 遊女屋 (yūjoya), 青楼 (seirō), 妓楼 (girō)