閨 (gwai1 | gui1) : boudoir; arch-topped door

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閨

gwai1

gui1

[1] boudoir; lady's chamber
[2] arch-topped door; small entrance

Stroke count: 14

Level: 2

Radical: (#169)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

閨 / 闺

This word has been viewed 2687 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 21st Mar 2011 04:12

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閨女 gwai1 neoi5 gui1 nv3 = maiden

閨房 gwai1 fong4 gui1 fang2 = lady's chamber; boudoir; harem

閨秀 gwai1 sau3 gui1 xiu4 = a well-educated girl brought up in a good family; elegant society ladies

閨情 gwai1 cing4 gui1 qing2 = women's love; passion (felt by lady)

閨窗 gwai1 coeng1 gui1 chuang1 = a lady's chamber; boudoir

黃花閨女 wong4 faa1 gwai1 neoi5*2 huang2 hua1 gui1 nv3 = an untouched virgin

閨門旦 gwai1 mun4 daan3*2 = Guimen Dan, the role of the virtuous lady in opera

Showing 1 example containing 閨

人哋重係黃花閨女㗎！粵
She's still an untouched virgin girl!
[The audio has 閨 mispronounced as gwai3 (instead of gwai1).]

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Decimal representation of this word: 閨
Unicode code for this character: U+95a8 (off-site link)

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