công hầu bá tử nam

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word công hầu bá tử nam. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word công hầu bá tử nam, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say công hầu bá tử nam in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word công hầu bá tử nam you have here. The definition of the word công hầu bá tử nam will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofcông hầu bá tử nam, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Vietnamese

 Chinese nobility on Wikipedia

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from (duke), (marquis), (count) and (viscount), from Chinese 公侯伯子男. Compare Japanese 公侯伯子男 (kōkōhakushidan). The correspondence between the Chinese and European ranks were wholly accidental, but were institutionalized in Qing China and Meiji Japan.

Noun

công hầu tử nam

  1. (collective) the five ranks of nobility in feudal China
  2. (collective) the five ranks of peerage in feudal Europe
    Meronyms: bá tước, công tước, hầu tước, nam tước, tử tước