待字閨中

See also: 待字闺中

Chinese

			boudoir, bower
trad. (待字閨中)		待字	閨中
simp. (待字闺中)		待字	闺中

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàizì guīzhōng

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄞˋ ㄗˋ ㄍㄨㄟㄓㄨㄥ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàizì guīzhōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄞˋ ㄗˋ ㄍㄨㄟㄓㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàizìh gueijhong
  - Wade–Giles: tai⁴-tzŭ⁴ kuei¹-chung¹
  - Yale: dài-dz̀ gwēi-jūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daytzyh gueijong
  - Palladius: дайцзы гуйчжун (dajczy gujčžun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵¹ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

待字閨中

(of women) to stay in the boudoir waiting to be betrothed; not yet betrothed to a man

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