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弄臣

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弄臣

  • nòngchén Mandarin, Pinyin
  • ㄋㄨㄥˋ ㄔㄣˊ Mandarin, Bopomofo
  • nòngchén Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
  • ㄋㄨㄥˋ ㄔㄣˊ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Bopomofo
  • nòngchén Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Tongyong Pinyin
  • nung⁴-chʻên² Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Wade–Giles
  • nùng-chén Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Yale
  • nonqchern Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Gwoyeu Romatsyh
  • нунчэнь Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Cyrillic
  • /nʊŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological IPA

noun

  1. literary 帝王所寵幸狎玩的近臣 文帝度丞相已困通（鄧通），使使者持節召通，而謝丞相曰：「此吾弄臣，君釋之。」
  2. literary 中世紀和文藝復興時期，貴族家庭的成員或君主受僱來供客人娛樂的小丑 文帝度丞相已困通（鄧通），使使者持節召通，而謝丞相曰：「此吾弄臣，君釋之。」

In English

  • clown person acting in a silly fashion
  • court jester person who amused a medieval court

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {弄臣},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E5%BC%84%E8%87%A3},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}