賜姓

Chinese

		confer; bestow; grant	surname; family name; name
trad. (賜姓)		賜	姓
simp. (赐姓)		赐	姓

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cìxìng, sìxìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄘˋ ㄒㄧㄥˋ, ㄙˋ ㄒㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci³ sing³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cìxìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄘˋ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cìhsìng
    • Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ⁴-hsing⁴
    • Yale: tsz̀-syìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyhshinq
    • Palladius: цысин (cysin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sìxìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìhsìng
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ⁴-hsing⁴
    • Yale: sz̀-syìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhshinq
    • Palladius: сысин (sysin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci³ sing³
    • Yale: chi sing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi³ sing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi³ xing³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː³³ sɪŋ³³/

Verb

賜姓

1. (historical, of an emperor) to bestow a surname, usually the emperor's surname, to confer favour