閒居

Chinese

		idle; interstice; separate	reside
trad. (閒居)		閒	居
simp. (闲居)		闲	居

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiánjū

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haan⁴ geoi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiánjū
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siánjyu
    • Wade–Giles: hsien²-chü¹
    • Yale: syán-jyū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyanjiu
    • Palladius: сяньцзюй (sjanʹczjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ t͡ɕy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haan⁴ geoi¹
    • Yale: hàahn gēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haan⁴ goey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: han⁴ gêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːn²¹ kɵy̯⁵⁵/

Verb

閒居

1. to stay at home with nothing to do

   閒居是一種奢侈。 [MSC, trad.]
   闲居是一种奢侈。 [MSC, simp.]

   Xiánjū shì yī zhǒng shēchǐ. [Pinyin]

   Being able to stay at home doing nothing in particular is a kind of luxury.

2. to stay alone; to live alone

Synonyms

• (to stay at home with nothing to do): (Hakka) 閒尞／闲尞
• (to live alone): 獨處／独处 (dúchǔ)