御三家

Chinese

		defend; imperial; to drive	three	home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
trad. (御三家)		御	三	家
simp. #(御三家)		御	三	家

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 御(ご)三(さん)家(け) (gosanke).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yùsānjiā

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ ㄙㄢ ㄐㄧㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁶ saam¹ gaa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yùsānjiā
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˋ ㄙㄢ ㄐㄧㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yùsanjia
    • Wade–Giles: yü⁴-san¹-chia¹
    • Yale: yù-sān-jyā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuhsanjia
    • Palladius: юйсаньцзя (jujsanʹczja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹ sän⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁶ saam¹ gaa¹
    • Yale: yuh sāam gā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁶ saam¹ gaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁶ sam¹ ga¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²² saːm⁵⁵ kaː⁵⁵/

Noun

御三家

1. the most noble three branches of the Tokugawa clan

   • 求愛敢死隊我屬御三家 [Cantonese, trad.]
     求爱敢死队我属御三家 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 1985, 許冠傑 (lyrics), 《日本娃娃》, in 《最緊要好玩》, performed by 許冠傑

     kau⁴ oi³ gam² sei² deoi^6-2 ngo⁵ suk⁶ jyu⁶ saam¹ gaa¹ [Jyutping]

     if it's willing to dying for love, I'm one of the Gosanke

Japanese

Kanji in this term
御	三	家
ご Grade: S	さん Grade: 1	け Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ごさ​んけ [gòsáꜜǹkè] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ɡo̞sã̠ŋke̞]

Noun

御(ご)三(さん)家(け) • (gosanke) 

1. the most noble three branches of the Tokugawa clan (徳(とく)川(がわ)氏(し) (Tokugawa-shi)): 尾張(おわり) (Owari), 紀伊(きい) (Kī), and 水戸(みと) (Mito)
2. (figuratively) the "big three"

Related terms

• 四天王(してんのう) (shitennō, “a famous quartet”)
• 三銃士(さんじゅうし) (sanjūshi)