阿房

Chinese

		phonetic; (final part.); (interj.) phonetic; (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people	house
trad. (阿房)		阿	房
simp. ^#(阿房)		阿	房

Etymology

From Records of the Grand Historian[1].

For a discussion of etymology, see Sanft (2008).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Ēfáng, Ēpáng

(Zhuyin): ㄜㄈㄤˊ, ㄜㄆㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): o¹ pong⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard according to the Guifan Cidian)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Ēfáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄜㄈㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Efáng
  - Wade–Giles: O¹-fang²
  - Yale: Ē-fáng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Efarng
  - Palladius: Эфан (Efan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ⁵⁵ fɑŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, common variant)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Ēpáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄜㄆㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Epáng
  - Wade–Giles: O¹-pʻang²
  - Yale: Ē-páng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Eparng
  - Palladius: Эпан (Epan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ⁵⁵ pʰɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: o¹ pong⁴
  - Yale: ō pòhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: o¹ pong⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: o¹ pong⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔː⁵⁵ pʰɔːŋ²¹/

Proper noun

阿房

(～宮) Epang Palace (a palace complex of Qin Shihuang, the first emperor of China)

Derived terms

阿房宮 / 阿房宫
阿房殿

Japanese

Kanji in this term
阿	房
あ Jinmeiyō (ateji)	ほう Grade: S (ateji)
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 阿房 – see the following entry.

【阿呆あほう】

[adjective] foolish

[noun] a foolish person or action

(This term, 阿房, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)