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Chinese
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
|
王
|
室
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| Reading #
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1/2
|
1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
|
wáng
|
shì
|
Middle
Chinese
|
‹ hjwang ›
|
‹ syit ›
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*ɢʷaŋ/
|
/*s.ti/
|
| English
|
king
|
chamber; house
|
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
|
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
|
| Character
|
王
|
室
|
| Reading #
|
1/2
|
1/1
|
| No.
|
12742
|
17374
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Phonetic
component
|
王
|
至
|
Rime
group
|
陽
|
質
|
Rime
subdivision
|
0
|
2
|
Corresponding
MC rime
|
王
|
失
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*ɢʷaŋ/
|
/*hliɡ/
|
Noun
王室
- royal family
- royal court; imperial court; imperial household; imperial government
Synonyms
- (royal family): 皇家 (huángjiā), 皇室 (huángshì), 皇族 (huángzú), 王家 (wángjiā), 宗室 (zōngshì)
- (royal court):
- 上國／上国 (shàngguó) (as termed by vassal states)
- 世 (shì) (literary, or in compounds)
- 中國／中国 (zhōngguó) (archaic)
- 公家 (gōngjiā)
- 公庭 (gōngtíng)
- 國家／国家 (guójiā) (Classical Chinese)
- 朝廷 (cháotíng)
- 王家 (wángjiā)
- 王朝 (wángcháo)
- 皇室 (huángshì)
- 皇朝 (huángcháo)
Descendants
Japanese
Noun
王室 • (ōshitsu)
- royal family
Korean
Noun
王室 • (wangsil) (hangeul 왕실)
- hanja form? of 왕실 (“royal family”)