太監

太监
tàijiàn
  1. court eunuch
  2. palace eunuch

CEDICT

  1. (historical, Qing dynasty) eunuch of a palace or court; imperial eunuch
  2. (historical, up to Ming dynasty) highest ranking imperial eunuch
  3. (slang, of a serialized novel etc.) to be discontinued by the author
  4. eunuch of a palace or court; imperial eunuch
  5. highest ranking imperial eunuch
  6. to be discontinued by the author

Wiktionary

  1. 職官名。宦官中等級最高的人。亦為宦官的通稱，負責侍奉皇帝及其家族。
  2. 閹宦的代名詞。

重編國語辭典

  1. 宦官中等級最高的人，或宦官的總稱
  2. 閹宦

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 太 tài
  1. highest
  2. greatest
  3. too (much)
  4. very
  5. extremely
2 監 jiàn (bound form) supervisor; supervisory office (in imperial China)

Containing this entry

三寶太監 Sānbǎotàijiàn
  1. Sanbao Eunuch, official title of Zheng He 鄭和 Zhèng Hé
  2. also written 三保太監
皇上不急太監急 huángshàngbùjítàijiànjí see 皇帝不急太監急 huángdìbùjítàijiànjí
皇上不急急太監 huángshàngbùjíjítàijiàn see 皇帝不急太監急 huángdìbùjítàijiànjí
皇帝不急太監急 huángdìbùjítàijiànjí
  1. lit. the emperor is not worried, but his eunuchs are (idiom)
  2. fig. the observers are more anxious than the person involved
皇帝不急急死太監 huángdìbùjíjísǐtàijiàn see 皇帝不急太監急 huángdìbùjítàijiànjí

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