閽人

See also: 阍人

Chinese

		door-keeper	man; person; people
trad. (閽人)		閽	人
simp. (阍人)		阍	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hūnrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄣ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fan¹ jan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hūnrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄣ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hunrén
    • Wade–Giles: hun¹-jên²
    • Yale: hwūn-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huenren
    • Palladius: хуньжэнь (xunʹžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ən⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fan¹ jan⁴
    • Yale: fān yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fan¹ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fen¹ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐn⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/

Noun

閽人

1. (archaic) the person in charge of opening the palace gates at dawn and closing them again at dusk
2. (archaic) gate guard