至尊

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Chinese

		arrive; most; to arrive; most; to; until	to honour
trad. (至尊)		至	尊
simp. ^#(至尊)		至	尊

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhìzūn

(Zhuyin): ㄓˋ ㄗㄨㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi³ zyun¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ-chûn
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chì-chun

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhìzūn
  - Zhuyin: ㄓˋ ㄗㄨㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhìhzun
  - Wade–Giles: chih⁴-tsun¹
  - Yale: jr̀-dzwūn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyhtzuen
  - Palladius: чжицзунь (čžiczunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡su̯ən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi³ zyun¹
  - Yale: ji jyūn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi³ dzyn¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji³ jun¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³³ t͡syːn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ-chûn
  - Hakka Romanization System: zii zun^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zi⁴ zun¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ⁵⁵ t͡sun²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chì-chun
  - Tâi-lô: tsì-tsun
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciezwn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡si²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sun⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡si⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sun³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡si²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sun⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡si¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sun⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡si²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sun⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: tsyijH tswon

Rime
Character	至	尊
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)	魂 (55)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	脂利切	祖昆切
Baxter	tsyijH	tswon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiɪ^H/	/t͡suən/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕi^H/	/t͡suon/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕjɪ^H/	/t͡suən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ci^H/	/t͡swən/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕi^H/	/t͡suən/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕi^H/	/t͡suən/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi^H/	/t͡suən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhì	zūn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi³	zyun¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*ti-s ˤu/

(Zhengzhang): /*tjiɡs ʔsuːn/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	至	尊	尊
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhì	zūn	zūn
Middle Chinese	‹ tsyij^H ›	‹ tswon ›	‹ tswon ›
Old Chinese	/*ti-s/	/*ˁu/	/*ˁu/
English	arrive	honor (v.)	wine-cup
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	至	尊
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	17342	17984
Phonetic component	至	尊
Rime group	至	文
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	至	尊
Old Chinese	/*tjiɡs/	/*ʔsuːn/

Adjective

至尊

most revered and respected

Derived terms

至尊至貴／至尊至贵

Noun

至尊

(chiefly historical) the most revered person or thing; His Majesty; His Royal Highness; the emperor

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (至尊):

→ Japanese: 至(し)尊(そん) (shison)
→ Korean: 지존(至尊) (jijon)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
至	尊
し Grade: 6	そん Grade: 6
on'yomi

Noun

至(し)尊(そん) • (shison)

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