閨怨

Chinese

small arched door; women's apartment; women blame; complain
trad. (閨怨)
simp. (闺怨)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 2/2
Initial () (28) (34)
Final () (40) (66)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division () IV III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kwei/ /ʔʉɐnH/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʷei/ /ʔʷiɐnH/
Shao
Rongfen
/kuɛi/ /ʔiuɐnH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kwɛj/ /ʔuanH/
Li
Rong
/kuei/ /ʔiuɐnH/
Wang
Li
/kiwei/ /ĭwɐnH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kiwei/ /ʔi̯wɐnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
guī yuàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gwai1 jyun3

Noun

閨怨

  1. (literary, of a woman) lonesome feeling when husband is not around

Japanese

Kanji in this term
けい
Hyōgaiji
えん
Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

(けい)(えん) (keien) けいゑん (keiwen)?

  1. the lonesome feeling of a woman who is parted with her husband

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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