# 隱居
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yǐnjū
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˇ ㄐㄩ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jan$^2$ geoi$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ún-ku / ún-kir / ín-ki / ún-ki
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yǐnjū
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˇ ㄐㄩ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yǐnjyu
*** Wade–Giles: yin$^3$-chü$^1$
*** Yale: yǐn-jyū
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiinjiu
*** Palladius: иньцзюй (inʹczjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /in²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕy⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jan$^2$ geoi$^1$
*** Yale: yán gēui
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jan$^2$ goey$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yen$^2$ gêu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /jɐn³⁵ kɵy̯⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ún-ku
*** Tâi-lô: ún-ku
*** Phofsit Daibuun: wnkw
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /un⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ku⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ún-kir
*** Tâi-lô: ún-kir
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /un⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kɯ³³/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ín-ki
*** Tâi-lô: ín-ki
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ynky
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /in⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ki⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ún-ki
*** Tâi-lô: ún-ki
*** Phofsit Daibuun: wnky
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /un⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ki⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: 'j+nX kjo
Rime :
| Character | 隱 | 居 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 欣 (57) | 魚 (22) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 於謹切 | 九魚切 |
| Baxter | 'j+nX | kjo |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʔɨn$^X$/ | /kɨʌ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʔɨn$^X$/ | /kiɔ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʔiən$^X$/ | /kiɔ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʔɨn$^X$/ | /kɨə̆/ |
| Li Rong | /ʔiən$^X$/ | /kiɔ/ |
| Wang Li | /ĭən$^X$/ | /kĭo/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ʔi̯ən$^X$/ | /ki̯wo/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yǐn | jū |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jan$^2$ | geoi$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ʔ](r)ə[n]ʔ k(r)a|k(r)a-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*qɯnʔ kas/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 隱 | 居 | 居 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 1/3 | 3/3 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | yǐn | jū | jū |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ ʔjɨn$^X$ › | ‹ kjo › | ‹ kjo$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ʔ](r)ə[n]ʔ/ | /*k(r)a/ | /*k(r)a-s/ (based on rhyme evidence) |
| English | grieved; suffering | squat; stay, dwell | dwelling |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 隱 | 居 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 15314 | 4264 |
| Phonetic component | 隱 | 古 |
| Rime group | 文 | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 隱 | 居 |
| Old Chinese | /*qɯnʔ/ | /*kas/ |

### Verb

隱居
* to live in seclusion; to withdraw from society and live in obscurity; to be a hermit
    隱居不仕／隐居不仕 ― yǐnjū bùshì ― to withdraw from society and refrain from taking an official post

#### Synonyms

* 屏居 (bǐngjū) (literary)
* 幽居 (yōujū) (literary)
* 幽棲／幽栖 (yōuqī) (literary)
* 杜門／杜门 (dùmén) (literary, figurative)
* 臥／卧 (wò) (literary)
* 臥雲／卧云 (wòyún) (literary)
* 豹隱／豹隐 (bàoyǐn) (literary)
* 辭世／辞世 (císhì) (literary)
* 退居 (tuìjū) (literary)
* 退隱／退隐 (tuìyǐn) (of an official, renowned person)
* 遁世 (dùnshì) (literary)
* 遁跡／遁迹 (dùnjì) (literary)
* 避世 (bìshì)
* 閉門／闭门 (bìmén) (literary, figurative)
* 隱逸／隐逸 (yǐnyì) (literary)

### Noun

隱居
* (Classical) dwelling of a recluse

### Descendants

* → Korean: 은거(隱居) (eun'geo)

### See also

* 隱士／隐士 (yǐnshì, “recluse”)