篳門閨竇

See also: 筚门闺窦

Chinese

		door made of wicker; poor household; poverty-stricken family	small arched door; women's apartment; women	hole; aperture; cavity hole; aperture; cavity; (anatomy) sinus
trad. (篳門閨竇)		篳門	閨	竇
simp. (筚门闺窦)		筚门	闺	窦
Literally: “wicker door; holed wall”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bìménguīdòu

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄇㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄟㄉㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ mun⁴ gwai¹ dau⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bìménguīdòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄇㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄟㄉㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bìméngueidòu
  - Wade–Giles: pi⁴-mên²-kuei¹-tou⁴
  - Yale: bì-mén-gwēi-dòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihmengueidow
  - Palladius: бимэньгуйдоу (bimɛnʹgujdou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ mən³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ toʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ mun⁴ gwai¹ dau⁶
  - Yale: bāt mùhn gwāi dauh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ mun⁴ gwai¹ dau⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ mun⁴ guei¹ deo⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ muːn²¹ kʷɐi̯⁵⁵ tɐu̯²²/

Idiom

篳門閨竇

wretched hovel; living in poverty; poverty-stricken

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