閨中

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guīzhōng

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟㄓㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai¹ zung¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guīzhōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟㄓㄨㄥ
  - 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/

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

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

Synonyms

閨房／闺房 (guīfáng)

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