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Jyutping jan2 geoi1
Pinyin yǐn jū

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to live in seclusion
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    居住​喺​遠​離​人群​,​杳無人​煙​嘅​地方
    to live in seclusion; to withdraw from society and live in solitude
    • 佢搬咗去山入面,過隱居嘅生活。
      佢搬咗去山入面,过隐居嘅生活。
      keoi5 bun1 zo2 heoi3 saan1 jap6 min6, gwo3 jan2 geoi1 ge3 sang1 wut6.
      He moved into the mountains and has been living in seclusion.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to live in seclusion; to withdraw from society and live in obscurity; to be a hermit
    (syn.) 遁跡, 辭世, 隱逸, 遁迹, 辞世, 閉門, 卧云, 遁世, 退居, 避世, 杜门, 退隱, 幽栖, 屏居, 杜門, 幽居, 豹隐, 隐逸, 豹隱, 幽棲, 退隐, 臥雲, 闭门
    • 隱居不仕
      隐居不仕
      yǐn jū bù shì
      to withdraw from society and refrain from taking an official post
  2. noun, Classical-Chinese
    dwelling of a recluse
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    佢喺深山隐居咗二十年,过嘅系闲云野鹤嘅生活。
    佢喺深山隱居咗二十年,過嘅係閒雲野鶴嘅生活。
    keoi5 hai2 sam1 saan1 jan2 geoi1 zo2 ji6 sap6 nin4, gwo3 ge3 hai6 haan4 wan4 je5 hok6 ge3 sang1 wut6.
    • He led a secluded life deep in the woods for 20 years, free from the burdens of our troubled world. (literally: living the life of a drifting cloud or a wild crane)
  2. Cantonese
    佢搬咗去山入面,过隐居嘅生活。
    佢搬咗去山入面,過隱居嘅生活。
    keoi5 bun1 zo2 heoi3 saan1 jap6 min6, gwo3 jan2 geoi1 ge3 sang1 wut6.
    • He moved into the mountains and has been living in seclusion.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    隐居不仕
    隱居不仕
    yǐn jū bù shì
    • to withdraw from society and refrain from taking an official post