幽居
Chinese
| quiet; secluded | reside | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (幽居) | 幽 | 居 | |
| simp. #(幽居) | 幽 | 居 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: yōujū
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄡ ㄐㄩ
- Tongyong Pinyin: youjyu
- Wade–Giles: yu1-chü1
- Yale: yōu-jyū
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ioujiu
- Palladius: юцзюй (juczjuj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /joʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕy⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: jau1 geoi1
- Yale: yāu gēui
- Cantonese Pinyin: jau1 goey1
- Guangdong Romanization: yeo1 gêu1
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɐu̯⁵⁵ kɵy̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
幽居
- (literary) to live in seclusion
- 絕代有佳人，幽居在空谷。自云良家子，零落依草木。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: 《佳人》, by Du Fu, 700s
- Juédài yǒu jiārén, yōujū zài kōnggǔ. Zì yún liángjiā zǐ, língluò yī cǎomù. [Pinyin]
- There is a peerless beauty, living hidden in a desolate valley. She says of herself that she is the child of a good family; after fortunes waned, she made resort to the trees and grass.
绝代有佳人，幽居在空谷。自云良家子，零落依草木。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Synonyms
- 屏居 (bǐngjū) (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)
- 隱居 / 隐居 (yǐnjū)
- 隱逸 / 隐逸 (yǐnyì) (literary)
Noun
幽居
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 幽 | 居 |
| ゆう Grade: S |
きょ Grade: 5 |
| on'yomi | |
Noun
幽居 • (yūkyo)
Verb
幽居する • (yūkyo suru) suru (stem 幽居し (yūkyo shi), past 幽居した (yūkyo shita))
Conjugation
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 幽居し | ゆうきょし | yūkyo shi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 幽居し | ゆうきょし | yūkyo shi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 幽居する | ゆうきょする | yūkyo suru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 幽居する | ゆうきょする | yūkyo suru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 幽居すれ | ゆうきょすれ | yūkyo sure |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 幽居せよ¹ 幽居しろ² |
ゆうきょせよ¹ ゆうきょしろ² |
yūkyo seyo¹ yūkyo shiro² |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 幽居される | ゆうきょされる | yūkyo sareru |
| Causative | 幽居させる 幽居さす |
ゆうきょさせる ゆうきょさす |
yūkyo saseru yūkyo sasu |
| Potential | 幽居できる | ゆうきょできる | yūkyo dekiru |
| Volitional | 幽居しよう | ゆうきょしよう | yūkyo shiyō |
| Negative | 幽居しない | ゆうきょしない | yūkyo shinai |
| Negative continuative | 幽居せず | ゆうきょせず | yūkyo sezu |
| Formal | 幽居します | ゆうきょします | yūkyo shimasu |
| Perfective | 幽居した | ゆうきょした | yūkyo shita |
| Conjunctive | 幽居して | ゆうきょして | yūkyo shite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 幽居すれば | ゆうきょすれば | yūkyo sureba |
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
References
- “幽居”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia][1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026