君臣

Chinese

		monarch; lord; gentleman monarch; lord; gentleman; ruler	statesman; vassal; courtier statesman; vassal; courtier; minister; official
simp. and trad. (君臣)		君	臣

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jūnchén

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄣ ㄔㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwan¹ san⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kiûn-sṳ̀n
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kun-sîn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jūnchén
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄣ ㄔㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyunchén
    • Wade–Giles: chün¹-chʻên²
    • Yale: jyūn-chén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiunchern
    • Palladius: цзюньчэнь (czjunʹčɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕyn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gwan¹ san⁴
    • Yale: gwān sàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwan¹ san⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: guen¹ sen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐn⁵⁵ sɐn²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 君臣 軍神／军神

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiûn-sṳ̀n
    • Hakka Romanization System: giun´ siinˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: giun¹ sin²
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯un²⁴ sɨn¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kun-sîn
    • Tâi-lô: kun-sîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kunsiin
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kun⁴⁴⁻²² sin²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kun³³ sin²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kun⁴⁴⁻²² sin¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kun⁴⁴⁻³³ sin²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kun⁴⁴⁻³³ sin²³/

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• Middle Chinese: kjun dzyin

Rime
Character	君	臣
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	文 (59)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	舉云切	植鄰切
Baxter	kjun	dzyin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨun/	/d͡ʑiɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/kiun/	/d͡ʑin/
Shao Rongfen	/kiuən/	/d͡ʑjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kun/	/d͡ʑin/
Li Rong	/kiuən/	/ʑiĕn/
Wang Li	/kĭuən/	/ʑĭĕn/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯uən/	/ʑi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jūn	chén
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwan1	san4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.qur  [ɡ]i[ŋ]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*klun  ɡiŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	君	臣
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jūn	chén
Middle Chinese	‹ kjun ›	‹ dzyin ›
Old Chinese	/*C.qur/	/*[ɡ]i[ŋ]/
English	lord; ruler	slave, subject
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] 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	君	臣
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	7289	1342
Phonetic component	君	臣
Rime group	文	眞
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	君	辰
Old Chinese	/*klun/	/*ɡiŋ/
Notes		甲文臧象以戈刺目爲奴， 省戈表不刺者則爲臣， 專指役使於家內者

Noun

君臣

1. (literary, historical) ruler and his subjects
2. (traditional Chinese medicine) main medicine and complementary medicine
3. (literary) staple food and non-staple food

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (君臣):

• → Korean: 군신(君臣) (gunsin)
• → Vietnamese: quân thần (君臣)