國姓爺

Chinese

		surname of the monarch	grandpa; etc.; old gentleman
trad. (國姓爺)		國姓	爺
simp. (国姓爷)		国姓	爷

Etymology

Born in Japan, Koxinga was granted Zhu, the Ming royal family name, as his surname by Longwu Emperor of the Southern Ming.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Guóxìngyé

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwok³ sing³ je⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Kok-sèng-iâ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Guóxìngyé
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Guósìngyé
    • Wade–Giles: Kuo²-hsing⁴-yeh²
    • Yale: Gwó-syìng-yé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Gwoshinqye
    • Palladius: Госинъе (Gosinʺje)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵¹ jɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwok³ sing³ je⁴
    • Yale: gwok sing yèh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwok⁸ sing³ je⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: guog³ xing³ yé⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔːk̚³ sɪŋ³³ jɛː²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kok-sèng-iâ
    • Tâi-lô: Kok-sìng-iâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kokseang'iaa
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ siɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ ia²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ siɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ ia²³/

Proper noun

國姓爺

1. (historical) Koxinga; Zheng Chenggong

Descendants

• → English: Koxinga