閽人

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See also: 阍人

Chinese

door-keeper man; person; people
trad. (閽人)
simp. (阍人)

Pronunciation


Noun

閽人

  1. (archaic) the person in charge of opening the palace gates at dawn and closing them again at dusk
  2. (archaic) gate guard