蕭牆

Chinese

		mournful	wall
trad. (蕭牆)		蕭	牆
simp. (萧墙)		萧	墙

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāoqiáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠ ㄑㄧㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu¹ coeng⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siau-chhiông / siau-chhiâng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāoqiáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠ ㄑㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siaociáng
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao¹-chʻiang²
    • Yale: syāu-chyáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiauchyang
    • Palladius: сяоцян (sjaocjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu¹ coeng⁴
    • Yale: sīu chèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu¹ tsoeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu¹ cêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siau-chhiông
    • Tâi-lô: siau-tshiông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siauchioong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siau⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siau³³ t͡sʰiɔŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siau-chhiâng
    • Tâi-lô: siau-tshiâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siauchiaang
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siau⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiaŋ¹³/

Noun

蕭牆

1. (formal) screen wall facing the gate of a traditional Chinese house
2. (figurative) inner circle; inner area

Derived terms

• 蕭牆之禍／萧墙之祸
• 蕭牆禍起／萧墙祸起
• 變起蕭牆／变起萧墙 (biànqǐxiāoqiáng)