待字閨中

See also: 待字闺中

Chinese

			boudoir, bower
trad. (待字閨中)		待字	閨中
simp. (待字闺中)		待字	闺中

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàizì guīzhōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄞˋ ㄗˋ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄓㄨㄥ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàizì guīzhōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄞˋ ㄗˋ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄓㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàizìh gueijhong
    • Wade–Giles: tai⁴-tzŭ⁴ kuei¹-chung¹
    • Yale: dài-dz̀ gwēi-jūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daytzyh gueijong
    • Palladius: дайцзы гуйчжун (dajczy gujčžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵¹ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

待字閨中

1. (of women) to stay in the boudoir waiting to be betrothed; not yet betrothed to a man