曲院

Chinese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 曲院 – see 麴院 (“brewery”).
(This term is the simplified form of 麴院).
Notes:

Etymology 2

crooked
bent 		courtyard(s)
simp. and trad.
(曲院) 		曲 院

Etymology

As a Hangzhou garden, renamed by the Kangxi Emperor of the Qing from the original 麯院 while bestowing calligraphic placards to the Ten Scenes of West Lake on his third southern tour in 1699.

Pronunciation

Noun

曲院

  1. (literary) brothel

Proper noun

曲院

  1. a garden in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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