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): ㄔㄨㄍㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ceot¹ gwai⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: chūguì
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄍㄨㄟˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuguey
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ceot¹ gwai⁶
  - Yale: chēut gwaih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoet⁷ gwai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: cêd¹ guei⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃʰɵt̚⁵ kʷɐi̯²²/

Verb

出櫃

(slang) to come out of the closet

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