閹宦

See also: 阉宦

Chinese

		castrate	an official
trad. (閹宦)		閹	宦
simp. (阉宦)		阉	宦
alt. forms		奄宦

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yānhuàn

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢㄏㄨㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jim¹ waan⁶
Min Nan (POJ): iam-hoān

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yānhuàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢㄏㄨㄢˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ianhuann
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯ɛn⁵⁵ xu̯a̠n⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jim¹ waan⁶
  - Yale: yīm waahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jim¹ waan⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yim¹ wan⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /jiːm⁵⁵ wɑːn²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iam-hoān
  - Tâi-lô: iam-huān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iamhoan
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iam⁴⁴⁻²² huan²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iam³³ huan⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iam⁴⁴⁻²² huan²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iam⁴⁴⁻³³ huan³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iam⁴⁴⁻³³ huan³³/

Noun

閹宦

(literary, historical) a eunuch of a palace or court; an imperial eunuch

天下危在旦夕，陛下尚自與閹宦共飲耶！ [MSC, trad.]
天下危在旦夕，陛下尚自与阉宦共饮耶！ [MSC, simp.]
From: Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Tiānxià wēi zài dànxī, bìxià shàng zì yǔ yānhuàn gòng yǐn yē! [Pinyin]
The world is crashing down upon us, and yet Your Majesty is enjoying wine with the eunuchs!

Synonyms

宦官 (huànguān)
寺人 (sìrén)
太監／太监 (tàijiàn)
閹人／阉人 (yānrén)

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