公卿

Chinese

		just; honourable; public just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister	(old) minister; (old) term of endearment between spouses; thou (poet.)
trad. (公卿)		公	卿
simp. #(公卿)		公	卿

Etymology

Originally an abbreviation of 三公 (the Three Excellencies) + 九卿 (the nine ministers)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōngqīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ ㄑㄧㄥ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōngqīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ㄑㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gongcing
    • Wade–Giles: kung¹-chʻing¹
    • Yale: gūng-chīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongching
    • Palladius: гунцин (guncin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 公卿

1. (literary) the Three Excellencies and the nine ministers
2. (literary) a generic term for all of the high-level ministers and officials within the government

References

• 三公 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh
• 九卿 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
公	卿
く Grade: 2	ぎょう Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Noun

公(く)卿(ぎょう) • (kugyō) 

1. court nobility

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Korean

Hanja in this term
公	卿

Noun

公卿 • (gonggyeong) (hangeul 공경)

1. Hanja form^? of 공경.