廷尉

Chinese

		palace courtyard	milit. official; to quiet
trad. (廷尉)		廷	尉
simp. #(廷尉)		廷	尉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tíngwèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄥˊ ㄨㄟˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tíngwèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄥˊ ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tíngwèi
    • Wade–Giles: tʻing²-wei⁴
    • Yale: tíng-wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyngwey
    • Palladius: тинвэй (tinvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiŋ³⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹/

Noun

廷尉

1. (historical) A minister of the Han dynasty (variously translated) who headed most of the judicial system.

Synonyms

• 司寇 (sīkòu) (Zhou), 大理 (dàlǐ) (medieval), 刑部尚書／刑部尚书 (Ming)

Hyponyms

• 九卿 (Jiǔqīng)

Coordinate terms

• 刑部 (Xíngbù)