閽人

See also: 阍人

Chinese

		door-keeper	man; person; people
trad. (閽人)		閽	人
simp. (阍人)		阍	人

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hūnrén

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄣㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fan¹ jan⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: hūnrén
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄣㄖㄣˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huenren
  - IPA ^(key): /xu̯ən⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: fan¹ jan⁴
  - Yale: fān yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fan¹ jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: fen¹ yen⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /fɐn⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/

Noun

閽人

(archaic) the person in charge of opening the palace gates at dawn and closing them again at dusk
(archaic) gate guard

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