深閨

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See also: 深闺

Chinese

		deep; profound	small arched door; women's apartment; women
trad. (深閨)		深	閨
simp. (深闺)		深	闺

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shēnguī

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄣㄍㄨㄟ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhim-kui

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shēnguī
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄣㄍㄨㄟ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shenguei
  - Wade–Giles: shên¹-kuei¹
  - Yale: shēn-gwēi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenguei
  - Palladius: шэньгуй (šɛnʹguj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən⁵⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhim-kui
  - Tâi-lô: tshim-kui
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chimkuy
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰim⁴⁴⁻²² kui⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰim³³ kui³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰim⁴⁴⁻²² kui⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰim⁴⁴⁻³³ kui⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰim⁴⁴⁻³³ kui⁴⁴/

Noun

深閨

(archaic) women's apartments within the palace; women's chambers
- 養在深閨人未識 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
  养在深闺人未识 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
  From: 806 CE, Bai Juyi, Song of Everlasting Regret
  yǎng zài shēnguī rén wèi shí
  She had been brought up in the women's chambers, and was not yet known to the outside world.

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