妓院

Chinese

		prostitute	courtyard; institution
trad. (妓院)		妓	院
simp. ^#(妓院)		妓	院

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jìyuàn

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˋ ㄩㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gei⁶ jyun^6-2
Min Nan (POJ): ki-īⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jìyuàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ ㄩㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jìyuàn
  - Wade–Giles: chi⁴-yüan⁴
  - Yale: jì-ywàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jihyuann
  - Palladius: цзиюань (czijuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɥɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gei⁶ jyun^6-2
  - Yale: geih yún
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gei⁶ jyn^6-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: géi⁶ yun^6-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯²² jyːn²²⁻³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki-īⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: ki-īnn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ki'vi
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ki⁴⁴⁻²² ĩ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ki³³ ĩ⁴¹/

Noun

妓院

brothel; whorehouse

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 妓院

娼寮 (chāngliáo) (dated)
花柳 (huāliǔ) (literary, figurative)
個中／个中 (gèzhōng) (secret language, obsolete)
勾欄／勾栏 (gōulán) (archaic)
半開門／半开门 (Wu, dated)
嚮導社／向导社 (Wu, dated)
妓樓／妓楼 (jìlóu) (literary)

妓館／妓馆 (jìguǎn) (literary)
娼樓／娼楼 (chānglóu) (literary)
娼門／娼门 (chāngmén)
書寓／书寓 (Wu, dated)
煙花間／烟花间 (Wu, dated)
窯子／窑子 (yáozi) (colloquial)
青樓／青楼 (qīnglóu) (literary)

Dialectal synonyms of 妓院 (“brothel”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		妓院, 妓館, 娼寮
Mandarin	Beijing	窯子
	Taiwan	妓院, 風月場所
	Harbin	窯子
	Wanrong	窯子
	Xi'an	窯子
	Yinchuan	窯子
	Liuzhou	窯班
	Singapore	妓院
Cantonese	Guangzhou	老舉寨, 老舉寮, 寨口 dated
	Hong Kong	妓院, 雞竇
	Taishan	老舉寨
	Dongguan	老舉寨
Gan	Lichuan	婊子堂, 堂子把下
Gan	Pingxiang	婊子房
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	賺食間仔
Huizhou	Jixi	妓院
Jin	Taiyuan	窯子
Min Bei	Jian'ou	妓嫲行
Min Dong	Fuzhou	婊子場, 白面厝
Min Nan	Xiamen	查某間, 妓女間, 婊仔間, 婊間, 花間, 間仔底, 間仔, 跤梢間仔
	Quanzhou	查某間, 婊仔間, 花間
	Zhangzhou	查某間, 查某孫間, 婊仔間, 花間仔, 花間, 間仔底
	Taipei	跤梢間仔, 貓仔間, 蟯仔街
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	跤梢間仔, 跤梢間, 酒家, 妓女戶, 暗間仔, 跤仔間, 茶店仔, 查某間, 大肚夫, 竹篙厝
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	跤梢間仔
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	查某間, 跤梢間仔
	Kaohsiung	妓女戶, 酒家, 暗間仔, 跤梢間仔
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	酒家, 跤梢間仔
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	酒家, 跤梢間仔, 貓仔間
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	酒家, 跤梢間仔, 貓仔間, 妓女戶, 菜店, 查某間仔
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	酒家, 跤梢間仔, 暗間仔, 妓女戶, 貓仔間
	Yilan	妓女戶, 酒家, 暗間仔, 跤梢間仔
	Yilan (Toucheng)	妓女戶, 查某間, 暗間仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	查某間, 烏間, 跤梢間
	Taichung	跤梢間仔, 查某間
	Tainan	酒家, 跤梢間仔
	Tainan (Anping)	酒家, 跤梢間仔, 菜店
	Hsinchu	跤梢間仔, 趁食間仔
	Kinmen	相楗仔, 妓女戶
	Penghu (Magong)	跤梢間, 妓女院
	Penghu (Xiyu)	跤梢間, 妓女院, 菜店
	Jieyang	查某館
	Leizhou	娘館
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	老舉寨
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	老妓寨
Wu	Shanghai	妓院, 堂子
Xiang	Changsha	窯班

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (妓院):

→ Japanese: 妓(ぎ)院(いん) (giin)
→ Vietnamese: kĩ viện (妓院), kỹ viện (妓院)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
妓	院
ぎ Hyōgaiji	いん Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɡʲĩːɴ]

Noun

妓(ぎ)院(いん) • (gīn)

a brothel or similar business in a red light district
Synonyms: 遊女屋 (yūjoya), 青楼 (seirō), 妓楼 (girō)

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