今上

Chinese

		today; modern; present today; modern; present; current; this; now	up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up
trad. (今上)		今	上
simp. #(今上)		今	上

Etymology

Short for 當今聖上／当今圣上 (dāngjīn shèngshàng).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīnshàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ ㄕㄤˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīnshàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄕㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jinshàng
    • Wade–Giles: chin¹-shang⁴
    • Yale: jīn-shàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinshanq
    • Palladius: цзиньшан (czinʹšan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹/

Noun

今上

1. (historical, now humorous) the current emperor; the current ruler

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (今上):

• → Japanese: 今上(きんじょう) (kinjō)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
今	上
きん Grade: 2	じょう Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

今(きん)上(じょう) • (kinjō) 

1. Short for 今上天皇.