兒臣

See also: 儿臣

Chinese

		son; child; diminutive suffix	statesman; vassal; courtier statesman; vassal; courtier; minister; official
trad. (兒臣)		兒	臣
simp. (儿臣)		儿	臣
Literally: “child and subject”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): érchén

  (Zhuyin): ㄦˊ ㄔㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁴ san⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: érchén
    • Zhuyin: ㄦˊ ㄔㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: érchén
    • Wade–Giles: êrh²-chʻên²
    • Yale: ér-chén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: erlchern
    • Palladius: эрчэнь (erčɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁴ san⁴
    • Yale: yìh sàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁴ san⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁴ sen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²¹ sɐn²¹/

Pronoun

兒臣

1. (archaic) a first person pronoun employed by a male sovereign when speaking to an empress mother, queen mother, empress dowager, queen dowager, or the like

   • 兒臣懇請皇太后垂簾聽政，以安天下人心。 [MSC, trad.]
     儿臣恳请皇太后垂帘听政，以安天下人心。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: The Firmament of the Pleiades

     Érchén kěnqǐng huángtàihòu chuíliántīngzhèng, yǐ ān tiānxià rénxīn. [Pinyin]

     I earnestly beg Empress Dowager to rule the empire from behind the curtain, so as to pacify public sentiment throughout this realm under heaven.