相國

See also: 相国

Chinese

		chancellor(s)	state(s) nation(s)
trad. (相國)		相	國
simp. (相国)		相	国

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàngguó

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng³ gwok³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàngguó
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàngguó
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang⁴-kuo²
    • Yale: syàng-gwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianqgwo
    • Palladius: сянго (sjango)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng³ gwok³
    • Yale: seung gwok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng³ gwok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng³ guog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ³³ kʷɔːk̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: sjangH kwok

Rime
Character	相	國
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)	德 (132)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	息亮切	古或切
Baxter	sjangH	kwok
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɨɐŋH/	/kwək̚/
Pan Wuyun	/siɐŋH/	/kʷək̚/
Shao Rongfen	/siɑŋH/	/kuək̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɨaŋH/	/kwək̚/
Li Rong	/siaŋH/	/kuək̚/
Wang Li	/sĭaŋH/	/kuək̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/si̯aŋH/	/kwək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiàng	guo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	soeng3	gwak1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[s]aŋ-s  [C.q]ʷˤək/

  (Zhengzhang): /*slaŋs  kʷɯːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	相	國
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xiàng	guó
Middle Chinese	‹ sjangH ›	‹ kwok ›
Old Chinese	/*[s]aŋ-s/	/*[C.q]ʷˁək/
English	appearance, quality	state (n.)
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	相	國
Reading #	2/2	1/1
No.	13586	5547
Phonetic component	相	或
Rime group	陽	職
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	相	國
Old Chinese	/*slaŋs/	/*kʷɯːɡ/

Noun

相國

1. (historical) Chancellor of State

Synonyms

• 丞相 (chéngxiàng)
• 相府 (xiàngfǔ)
• 相 (xiàng)
• 宰相 (zǎixiàng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (相國):

• → Japanese: 相国(しょうこく) (shōkoku)

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of 相國 – see the following entry.

【相国しょうこく】 [noun] (historical) Synonym of 宰相 (saishō): a grand chancellor in the ancient Chinese imperial government [noun] (politics, historical) Chinese equivalent to an umbrella term for 太政大臣 (daijō-daijin), 左大臣 (sadaijin), and 右大臣 (udaijin)

(This term, 相國, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)