太監

See also: 太监

Chinese

		too (much); very; extremely too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest	supervisor; hard; strong supervisor; hard; strong; solid; firm; to supervise; to inspect; jail; prison
trad. (太監)		太	監
simp. (太监)		太	监

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tàijiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): taai³ gaam³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thai-kam
Min Nan (POJ): thài-kàm

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: tàijiàn → tàijian (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ → ㄊㄞˋ ˙ㄐㄧㄢ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tay.jiann
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/ → /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ d͡ʑ̥i̯ɛn¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: taai³ gaam³
  - Yale: taai gaam
  - Cantonese Pinyin: taai³ gaam³
  - Guangdong Romanization: tai³ gam³
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰɑːi̯³³ kɑːm³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-kam
  - Hakka Romanization System: tai gam
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ gam⁴
  - IPA: /tʰa̯i⁵⁵ kam⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thài-kàm
  - Tâi-lô: thài-kàm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tae'kaxm
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰaɪ²¹⁻⁵³ kam²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰaɪ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kam⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰaɪ²¹⁻⁵³ kam²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰaɪ¹¹⁻⁵³ kam¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰaɪ²¹⁻⁴¹ kam²¹/

Note that in Mandarin 監／监 (jiān) is usually pronounced jiān, but in 太監／太监 it is pronounced jiàn, just like 國子監／国子监 (Guózǐjiàn).

Noun

太監

(literary, historical) a eunuch of a palace or court; an imperial eunuch
太監都是被閹了割陽具的男人。 [MSC, trad.]
太监都是被阉了割阳具的男人。 [MSC, simp.]
Tàijiàn dōu shì bèi yān le gē yángjù de nánrén. [Pinyin]
All eunuchs are men who have had their genitals removed.

Synonyms

宦官 (huànguān)
寺人 (sìrén)
閹宦／阉宦 (yānhuàn)
閹人／阉人 (yānrén)

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