出櫃

See also: 出柜

Chinese

		to go out; to exit	closet
trad. (出櫃)		出	櫃
simp. (出柜)		出	柜

Etymology

Calque of English come out of the closet.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chūguì

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨ ㄍㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceot¹ gwai⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chūguì
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨ ㄍㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuguèi
    • Wade–Giles: chʻu¹-kuei⁴
    • Yale: chū-gwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuguey
    • Palladius: чугуй (čuguj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceot¹ gwai⁶
    • Yale: chēut gwaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoet⁷ gwai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêd¹ guei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵt̚⁵ kʷɐi̯²²/

Verb

出⫽櫃 (verb-object)

1. (LGBT, intransitive) to come out of the closet

   向父母出櫃／向父母出柜  ―  xiàng fùmǔ chūguì  ―  to come out to one's parents

   把櫃出了／把柜出了  ―  bǎ guì chū le  ―  came out of the closet

Verb

出櫃

1. (LGBT, transitive) to announce, as when coming out of the closet

   出櫃自己是雙性戀 [MSC, trad.]
   出柜自己是双性恋 [MSC, simp.]

   chūguì zìjǐ shì shuāngxìngliàn [Pinyin]

   to come out as bi

   被出櫃／被出柜  ―  bèi chūguì  ―  to be outed

See also

• 爆櫃／爆柜