娼門

娼門

Chinese

		prostitute	opening; door; gate opening; door; gate; doorway; gateway; valve; switch; way to do something; knack; family; house; (religious) sect; school (of thought); class; category; phylum or division (taxonomy)
trad. (娼門)		娼	門
simp. (娼门)		娼	门

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chāngmén

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄤ ㄇㄣˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chāngmén
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄤ ㄇㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: changmén
    • Wade–Giles: chʻang¹-mên²
    • Yale: chāng-mén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: changmen
    • Palladius: чанмэнь (čanmɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ⁵⁵ mən³⁵/

Noun

娼門

1. brothel; whorehouse

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 娼門

妓院 (jìyuàn) 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) 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)