深閨

See also: 深闺

Chinese

		deep; profound	small arched door; women's apartment; women
trad. (深閨)		深	閨
simp. (深闺)		深	闺

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shēnguī

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄣㄍㄨㄟ
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chhim-kui

(Teochew, Peng'im): cim¹ gui¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shēnguī
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄣㄍㄨㄟ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shenguei
  - Wade–Giles: shên¹-kuei¹
  - Yale: shēn-gwēi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenguei
  - Palladius: шэньгуй (šɛnʹguj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən⁵⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhim-kui
  - Tâi-lô: tshim-kui
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chimkuy
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰim⁴⁴⁻²² kui⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰim³³ kui³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰim⁴⁴⁻²² kui⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰim⁴⁴⁻³³ kui⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰim⁴⁴⁻³³ kui⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: cim¹ gui¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshim kui
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰim³³⁻²³ kui³³/

Noun

深閨

(archaic) women's apartments within the palace; women's chambers
- 養在深閨人未識 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
  养在深闺人未识 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
  From: 806 CE, Bai Juyi, Song of Everlasting Regret
  yǎng zài shēnguī rén wèi shí [Pinyin]
  She had been brought up in the women's chambers, and was not yet known to the outside world.