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闺

guī

Character Traditional 閨

What 闺 means

1. small arched door
2. boudoir; lady's chamber
3. (fig.) women

Example sentences

• 好久没见到我家闺女了。
  I haven't seen my girl in a long time.
• 他听得多说得少, 在闺房和大厅都很受欢迎。
  Tā tīng de duō shuō de shǎo, zài guīfáng hé dàtīng dōu hěn shòuhuānyíng.
  He that hears much and speaks not at all shall be welcome both in bower and hall.

Words starting with 闺

• 闺女guī nümaiden; unmarried woman; (colloquial) daughter
• 闺秀guī xiùwell-bred young lady
• 闺房guī fánglady's chamber; boudoir; harem
• 闺情guī qíngwomen's love; passion (felt by lady)
• 闺窗guī chuānga lady's chamber; boudoir
• 闺范guī fànlady's demeanor; norms expected of women (in former times)
• 闺蜜guī mì(colloquial) (a woman's) close female friend; bestie…
• 闺阁guī gélady's chamber
• 闺门旦guī mén dànyoung unmarried lady role in Chinese opera
• 闺阃guī kǔnwomen's quarters
• 闺密guī mìvariant of 闺蜜

Words containing 闺

• 深闺shēn guīlady's private room or bedroom; boudoir
• 兰闺lán guīa lady's room (honorific)
• 香闺xiāng guīa woman's rooms
• 大家闺秀dà jiā guī xiùgirl from a wealthy family; unmarried daughter of a noble house
• 黄花闺女huáng huā guī nǚmaiden; virgin
• 孀闺shuāng guīa widow's chamber (old usage)
• 筚门闺窦bì mén guī dòuwicker door, hole window (idiom); fig. wretched hovel; living in poverty

Characters built on 圭

These share the phonetic component 圭 (guī), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 硅guīsilicon (chemistry)
• 奎kuícrotch; 15th of the 28th constellations of Chinese astronomy
• 桂guìcassia; laurel
• 鲑guītrout; salmon
• 眭suīto have a deep or piercing gaze
• 恚huìrage
• 跬kuǐbrief; short step
• 筀guìbamboo (archaic)

Characters that look like 闺

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 固gùhard; strong; solid
• 阁gépavilion (usu. two-storied); cabinet (politics); boudoir
• 闹nàonoisy; cacophonous; to make noise
• 闽Mǐnshort name for Fujian 福建; also pr. Mín
• 阂héobstruct
• 阄jiūlots (to be drawn); lot (in a game of chance)

Sounds the same

Read guī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 规compass; a rule; regulation
• 归to return; to go back to; to give back to
• 龟tortoise; turtle; (colloquial) cuckold
• 瑰(semiprecious stone); extraordinary
• 圭jade tablet, square at the base and rounded or pointed at the top, held by the nobility…
• 硅silicon (chemistry)
• 沩name of a river in Shanxi
• 皈to comply with; to follow
• 鲑trout; salmon
• 傀grand; strange; exotic
• 槻zelkova tree
• 巂cuckoo; revolution of a wheel