阿房

阿房

Chinese

		(phonetic character); (final part.); (interj.) (phonetic character); (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.

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Ēfáng, Ēpáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄜ ㄈㄤˊ, ㄜ ㄆㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): o¹ pong⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard according to the Guifan Cidian)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Ēfáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄜ ㄈㄤˊ
    • 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: ㄜ ㄆㄤˊ
    • 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)⁺
    • Jyutping: o¹ pong⁴
    • Yale: ō pòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: o¹ pong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: o¹ pong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔː⁵⁵ pʰɔːŋ²¹/

Proper noun

阿房

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

Derived terms

阿房殿

阿房宮／阿房宫 (Ēfánggōng)

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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.)