堂子

Chinese

(main) hall; large room
 
child; son; (noun suffix)
child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 pm-1 am; midnight
simp. and trad.
(堂子)

Pronunciation


Noun

堂子

  1. imperial sacrificial temple (in the Qing Dynasty)
  2. public bathhouse
  3. (dialectal) brothel

Synonyms

  • (public bathhouse):
  • 浴室 (yùshì) (chiefly mainland China)
  • 澡堂 (zǎotáng)
  • (brothel):

Derived terms

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