隱居

See also: 隐居

Chinese

		secret; hidden; concealed	reside
trad. (隱居)		隱	居
simp. (隐居)		隐	居

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǐnjū

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˇ ㄐㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan² geoi¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ún-ku / ún-kir / ín-ki / ún-ki

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǐnjū
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˇ ㄐㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǐnjyu
    • Wade–Giles: yin³-chü¹
    • Yale: yǐn-jyū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiinjiu
    • Palladius: иньцзюй (inʹczjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan² geoi¹
    • Yale: yán gēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan² goey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen² gêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /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/

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• 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	/ʔɨnX/	/kɨʌ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɨnX/	/kiɔ/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiənX/	/kiɔ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔɨnX/	/kɨə̆/
Li Rong	/ʔiənX/	/kiɔ/
Wang Li	/ĭənX/	/kĭo/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔi̯ənX/	/ki̯wo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǐn	jū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jan2	geoi1

• 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	‹ ʔjɨnX ›	‹ kjo ›	‹ kjoH ›
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

1. 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

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• 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

1. (Classical) dwelling of a recluse

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (隱居):

• → Korean: 은거(隱居) (eun'geo)

See also

• 隱士／隐士 (yǐnshì, “recluse”)