樊籠

Chinese

		cage; fence	basket; cage
trad. (樊籠)		樊	籠
simp. (樊笼)		樊	笼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fánlóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan⁴ lung⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fánlóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fánlóng
    • Wade–Giles: fan²-lung²
    • Yale: fán-lúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farnlong
    • Palladius: фаньлун (fanʹlun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän³⁵ lʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faan⁴ lung⁴
    • Yale: fàahn lùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan⁴ lung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan⁴ lung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn²¹ lʊŋ²¹/

Noun

樊籠

1. (literary) cage for keeping birds and beasts
   1. (literary, figuratively) circumstances that hinder freedom
2. (literary, historical) wooden prisoner's cage used in imperial China

Synonyms

• (wooden prisoner's cage): 囚籠／囚笼 (qiúlóng)