東廠

Chinese

		east	factory; yard; depot factory; yard; depot; workhouse; works; (industrial) plant
trad. (東廠)		東	廠
simp. (东厂)		东	厂

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Dōngchǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥ ㄔㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dung¹ cong²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Tang-chhiúⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Dōngchǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥ ㄔㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Dongchǎng
    • Wade–Giles: Tung¹-chʻang³
    • Yale: Dūng-chǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dongchaang
    • Palladius: Дунчан (Dunčan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dung¹ cong²
    • Yale: dūng chóng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dung¹ tsong²
    • Guangdong Romanization: dung¹ cong²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔːŋ³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tang-chhiúⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: Tang-tshiúnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dangchviuo
    • IPA (Taipei): /taŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰiũ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /taŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰiũ⁴¹/

Proper noun

東廠

1. (historical) Eastern Depot (a Ming dynasty spy and secret police agency run by eunuchs)

   Coordinate terms: 錦衣衛 / 锦衣卫 (Jǐnyīwèi), 西廠 / 西厂 (Xīchǎng), 內行廠 / 内行厂, 廠衛 / 厂卫 (chǎngwèi)