國子監

Chinese

		country; state; nation	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight	supervisor; hard; strong supervisor; hard; strong; solid; firm; to supervise; to inspect; jail; prison
trad. (國子監)		國	子	監
simp. (国子监)		国	子	监

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Guózǐjiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄗˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwok³ zi² gaam³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Guózǐjiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄗˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Guózǐhjiàn
    • Wade–Giles: Kuo²-tzŭ³-chien⁴
    • Yale: Gwó-dž-jyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Gwotzyyjiann
    • Palladius: Гоцзыцзянь (Goczyczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwok³ zi² gaam³
    • Yale: gwok jí gaam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwok⁸ dzi² gaam³
    • Guangdong Romanization: guog³ ji² gam³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔːk̚³ t͡siː³⁵ kaːm³³/

Proper noun

國子監

1. National Imperial Academy (national central institution of higher learning in Chinese dynasties after the Sui)
2. (～社區) Guozijian (a residential community in Andingmen, Dongcheng district, Beijing, China)

Synonyms

• (National Imperial Academy): 國子學／国子学 (Guózǐxué)

Related terms

• 官學／官学 (guānxué)
• 坐監／坐监 (zuòjiàn)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (國子監):

• → Vietnamese: Quốc Tử Giám (國子監)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
國	子	監

Noun

國子監

1. chữ Hán form of Quốc Tử Giám (“Imperial Academy”).