出櫃

See also: 出柜

Chinese

		to go out; to exit	closet
trad. (出櫃)		出	櫃
simp. (出柜)		出	柜

Etymology

Calque of English come out of the closet.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chūguì

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄍㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ceot¹ gwai⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chūguì
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄍㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chuguèi
  - Wade–Giles: chʻu¹-kuei⁴
  - Yale: chū-gwèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuguey
  - Palladius: чугуй (čuguj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ceot¹ gwai⁶
  - Yale: chēut gwaih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoet⁷ gwai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: cêd¹ guei⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵt̚⁵ kʷɐi̯²²/

Verb

出⫽櫃 (verb-object)

(LGBTQ, intransitive) to come out of the closet
向父母出櫃／向父母出柜 ― xiàng fùmǔ chūguì ― to come out to one's parents

把櫃出了／把柜出了 ― bǎ guì chū le ― came out of the closet

Verb

出櫃

(LGBTQ, transitive) to announce, as when coming out of the closet
出櫃自己是雙性戀 [MSC, trad.]
出柜自己是双性恋 [MSC, simp.]
chūguì zìjǐ shì shuāngxìngliàn [Pinyin]
to come out as bi

被出櫃／被出柜 ― bèi chūguì ― to be outed

See also

爆櫃／爆柜