# 妓院
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jìyuàn
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˋ ㄩㄢˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gei$^6$ jyun$^{6-2}$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ki-īⁿ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jìyuàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ ㄩㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jìyuàn
*** Wade–Giles: chi$^4$-yüan$^4$
*** Yale: jì-ywàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jihyuann
*** Palladius: цзиюань (czijuanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɥɛn⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gei$^6$ jyun$^{6-2}$
*** Yale: geih yún
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gei$^6$ jyn$^{6-2}$
*** Guangdong Romanization: géi$^6$ yun$^{6-2}$
*** Sinological IPA : /kei̯²² jyːn²²⁻³⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki-īⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: ki-īnn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ki'vi
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ki⁴⁴⁻²² ĩ²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ki³³ ĩ⁴¹/

### Noun

妓院
* brothel; whorehouse

#### Synonyms

* 個中／个中 (gèzhōng) (secret language, obsolete)
* 勾欄／勾栏 (gōulán) (archaic)
* 半開門／半开门 ($^5$poe-khe-men) (Wu, dated)
* 嚮導社／向导社 ($^5$shian-dau-zo) (Wu, dated)
* 妓樓／妓楼 (jìlóu) (literary)
* 妓館／妓馆 (jìguǎn) (literary)
* 娼寮 (chāngliáo) (dated)
* 娼樓／娼楼 (chānglóu) (literary)
* 娼門／娼门 (chāngmén)
* 書寓／书寓 ($^1$sy-gniu) (Wu, dated)
* 煙花間／烟花间 ($^1$i-ho-ke) (Wu, dated)
* 窯／窑 (yáo) (colloquial)
* 窯子／窑子 (yáozi) (colloquial)
* 花柳 (huāliǔ) (literary, figurative)
* 青樓／青楼 (qīnglóu) (literary)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 妓院, 妓館, 娼寮 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 窯子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 妓院, 風月場所 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 窯子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 妓院 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 窯子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 窯子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 窯子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 窯班 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 堂子 dated |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 老舉寨, 老舉寮, 寨口 dated, 河下 dated |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 妓院, 雞竇, 妓寨, 老舉寨, 馬檻 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 老舉寨 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 老舉寨 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 老舉寨 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 婊子堂, 堂子把下 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 婊子房 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 老舉寨 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 老舉寨 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 賺食間仔 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 妓院 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 窯子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 妓嫲行 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 婊子場, 白面厝 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 查某間, 妓女間, 婊仔間, 婊間, 花間, 間仔底, 間仔, 跤梢間仔 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 查某間, 婊仔間, 花間 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 查某間, 查某孫間, 婊仔間, 花間仔, 花間, 間仔底 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 跤梢間仔, 貓仔間, 蟯仔街 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 跤梢間仔, 跤梢間, 酒家, 妓女戶, 暗間仔, 跤仔間, 茶店仔, 查某間, 大肚夫, 竹篙厝 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 跤梢間仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 查某間, 跤梢間仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 妓女戶, 酒家, 暗間仔, 跤梢間仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 酒家, 跤梢間仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 酒家, 跤梢間仔, 貓仔間 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 酒家, 跤梢間仔, 貓仔間, 妓女戶, 菜店, 查某間仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 酒家, 跤梢間仔, 暗間仔, 妓女戶, 貓仔間 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 妓女戶, 酒家, 暗間仔, 跤梢間仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 妓女戶, 查某間, 暗間仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 查某間, 烏間, 跤梢間 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 跤梢間仔, 查某間 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 酒家, 跤梢間仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 酒家, 跤梢間仔, 菜店 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 跤梢間仔, 趁食間仔 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 相楗仔, 妓女戶 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 跤梢間, 妓女院 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 跤梢間, 妓女院, 菜店 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 婊間, 摃間 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 查某館 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 娘館 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 老舉寨 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 老妓寨 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 妓院, 堂子 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 堂子 dated |
| Xiang | Changsha | 窯班 |

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 妓(ぎ)院(いん) (gīn)
* → Vietnamese: kĩ viện (妓院), kỹ viện (妓院)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 妓 | 院 |
| ぎ Hyōgai | いん Grade: 3 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɡʲĩːɴ]

### Noun

妓(ぎ)院(いん) • (giin)
* a brothel or similar business in a red light district
    Synonyms: 遊女屋 (yūjoya), 青楼 (seirō), 妓楼 (girō)