爵位

Chinese

		nobility; (ancient wine holder with 3 legs and loop handle)	position; location; (measure word for persons) position; location; (measure word for persons); place; seat
simp. and trad. (爵位)		爵	位

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): juéwèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoek³ wai⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chiok-ūi / chiak-ūi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ziag⁴ ui⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: juéwèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyuéwèi
    • Wade–Giles: chüeh²-wei⁴
    • Yale: jywé-wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyuewey
    • Palladius: цзюэвэй (czjuevɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zoek³ wai⁶
    • Yale: jeuk waih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoek⁸ wai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêg³ wei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sœːk̚³ wɐi̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiok-ūi
    • Tâi-lô: tsiok-uī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciok'ui
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ui²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡siɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ui³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ ui⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiak-ūi
    • Tâi-lô: tsiak-uī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciak'ui
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siak̚³²⁻⁵ ui²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ziag⁴ ui⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiak ūi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siak̚²⁻⁴ ui¹¹/

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• Middle Chinese: tsjak hwijH

Rime
Character	爵	位
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	陽 (107)	脂 (18)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	即略切	于愧切
Baxter	tsjak	hwijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sɨɐk̚/	/ɦˠiuɪH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡siɐk̚/	/ɦʷᵚiH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡siɑk̚/	/ɣiuɪH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sɨak̚/	/ɦjwiH/
Li Rong	/t͡siak̚/	/ɣjuiH/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭak̚/	/ɣwiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡si̯ak̚/	/wiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jue	wèi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zoek3	wai6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ts]ewk  [ɢ]ʷrəp-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsewɢ  ɢʷrɯbs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	爵	位
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jué	wèi
Middle Chinese	‹ tsjak ›	‹ hwijH ›
Old Chinese	/*[ts]ewk/	/*[ɢ]ʷrəp-s/ (< *ɢʷəʔ-rəp-s ?)
English	nobility, rank	standing, position
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	爵	位
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	7256	7865
Phonetic component	爵	立
Rime group	藥	內
Rime subdivision	2	1
Corresponding MC rime	爵	位
Old Chinese	/*ʔsewɢ/	/*ɢʷrɯbs/

Noun

爵位

1. rank of nobility; peerage; title

   • 合男女，頒爵位，必當年德。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     合男女，颁爵位，必当年德。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE

     Hé nánnǚ, bān juéwèi, bì dāng nián dé. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

• 五等爵位 (Wǔděngjuéwèi)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (爵位):

• → Japanese: 爵(しゃく)位(い) (shakui)
• → Korean: 작위(爵位) (jagwi)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
爵	位
しゃく Grade: S	い Grade: 4
kan’on	on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しゃ​くい [sháꜜkùì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɕa̠kɯ̟ᵝi]

Noun

爵(しゃく)位(い) • (shakui) ^{←しやくゐ (syakuwi)?}

1. peerage

Korean

Hanja in this term
爵	位

Noun

爵位 • (jagwi) (hangeul 작위)

1. Hanja form^? of 작위.