窗檻

Chinese

		shutter; window	door sill; threshold; bar door sill; threshold; bar; railing
trad. (窗檻)		窗	檻
simp. (窗槛)		窗	槛

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chuāngjiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄤㄐㄧㄢˋ
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ¹tshaon-khe₅ / ¹tshaon-khe₃

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chuāngjiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄤㄐㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chuangjiàn
  - Wade–Giles: chʻuang¹-chien⁴
  - Yale: chwāng-jyàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuangjiann
  - Palladius: чуанцзянь (čuanczjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹tshaon-khe₅
  - MiniDict: tshaon^平 khe^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tshaan-khe₂
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰɑ̃⁵⁵ kʰe²¹/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ¹tshaon-khe₃
  - MiniDict: tshaon^平 khe^上
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /t͡sʰɑ̃⁴⁴ kʰe/

Noun

窗檻

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- 18th century, Cao Xueqin, chapter 38, in Dream of the Red Chamber:
  
  寶釵手裡拿着一枝桂花，玩了一回，俯在窗檻上，掐了桂蕊擲向水面，引的遊魚浮上來唼喋。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  宝钗手里拿着一枝桂花，玩了一回，俯在窗槛上，掐了桂蕊掷向水面，引的游鱼浮上来唼喋。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  Bǎochāi shǒu lǐ ná zhe yī zhī guìhuā, wán le yī huí, fǔ zài chuāngjiàn shàng, qiā le guì ruǐ zhì xiàng shuǐmiàn, yǐn de yóuyú fú shànglái shàzhá. [Pinyin]
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- 18th century, chapter 8, in 說岳全傳:
  
  那殿後邊還有三四間房屋，却停着幾口舊棺材；窗檻朽爛，屋瓦俱無。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  那殿后边还有三四间房屋，却停着几口旧棺材；窗槛朽烂，屋瓦俱无。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  Nà diàn hòubiān hái yǒu sān sì jiān fángwū, què tíng zhe jǐ kǒu jiù guāncái; chuāngjiàn xiǔlàn, wūwǎ jù wú. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1963, 瓊瑤, chapter 5, in 窗外:
  
  她嘆口氣，放下了筆，抬頭看看窗外的藍天，一隻小鳥停在她的窗檻上 [MSC, trad.]
  她叹口气，放下了笔，抬头看看窗外的蓝天，一只小鸟停在她的窗槛上 [MSC, simp.]
  tā tàn kǒu qì, fàng xià le bǐ, tái tóu kànkàn chuāngwài de lántiān, yī zhī xiǎo niǎo tíng zài tā de chuāngjiàn shàng [Pinyin]
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(Wu) windowsill; window ledge

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 窗臺 (“windowsill; window ledge”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		窗臺
Northeastern Mandarin	Harbin	窗臺
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	窗戶臺
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	窗臺
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	窗臺兒
	Wanrong	窗臺
	Xi'an	窗臺
	Xining	窗臺兒
	Xuzhou	窗臺子, 窗臺, 窗臺兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	窗臺
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	窗臺
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	窗臺
	Wuhan	窗戶臺, 窗戶臺子
	Guiyang	窗臺
	Liuzhou	窗臺
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	窗臺
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	窗臺子
Cantonese	Hong Kong	窗臺
Cantonese	Dongguan	窗臺
Gan	Lichuan	窗臺
Hakka	Meixian	窗盤
Jin	Taiyuan	窗圪臺
Jin	Xinzhou	窗帶
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	窗臺
Southern Min	Xiamen	窗仔脣, 窗盤, 窗仔墘
	Quanzhou	窗仔脣
	Zhangzhou	窗仔脣
	Tainan	窗仔脣 GT, 窗盤 GT, 窗仔墘 GT
	Leizhou	窗曝
	Haikou	窗臺
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	窗臺
Wu	Shanghai	窗臺盤, 窗盤, 窗臺, 窗檻
	Shanghai (Chongming)	窗檻
	Suzhou	窗盤
	Danyang	窗沿, 窗臺
	Hangzhou	窗檻兒
	Ningbo	窗臺, 窗頭
	Wenzhou	窗盤
Xiang	Changsha	窗臺
Xiang	Loudi	窗臺