閹宦

See also: 阉宦

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yānhuàn

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢㄏㄨㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jim¹ waan⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): iam-hoān

(Teochew, Peng'im): iam¹ huêng⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yānhuàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢㄏㄨㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yanhuàn
  - Wade–Giles: yen¹-huan⁴
  - Yale: yān-hwàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ianhuann
  - Palladius: яньхуань (janʹxuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵⁵ xu̯än⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jim¹ waan⁶
  - Yale: yīm waahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jim¹ waan⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yim¹ wan⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːm⁵⁵ waːn²²/
Southern Min
- (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/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: iam¹ huêng⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iam huĕng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iam³³⁻²³ hueŋ³⁵/

Noun

閹宦

(literary, historical) eunuch of a palace or court; imperial eunuch
- 天下危在旦夕，陛下尚自與閹宦共飲耶！ [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  天下危在旦夕，陛下尚自与阉宦共饮耶！ [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, circa 14^th century CE
  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

內臣／内臣 (nèichén)
太監／太监 (tàijiàn) (Qing Dynasty)
宦官 (huànguān) (chiefly historical)
寺人 (sìrén) (literary, historical)
閹人／阉人 (yānrén) (historical)

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