粵

太taai3監gaam3

simp太监
taai3 gaam3tài jiàn

English

  1. court eunuch
  2. eunuch
  3. palace eunuch

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 職官名,係明代最高級嘅宦官;因為清代只保留太監職稱,所以後來又泛指宦官(量詞:個)

Examples

  • 孫耀庭係中國史上最後一位太監。

    Sun Yaoting was the last eunuch in the Chinese history.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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