太君

Chinese

		too (much); very; extremely too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest	monarch; lord; gentleman monarch; lord; gentleman; ruler
simp. and trad. (太君)		太	君

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tàijūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˋ ㄐㄩㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taai³ gwan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tàijūn → tàijun (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˋ ㄐㄩㄣ → ㄊㄞˋ ˙ㄐㄩㄣ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tàijyůn
    • Wade–Giles: tʻai⁴-chün⁵
    • Yale: tài-jyun
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tay.jiun
    • Palladius: тайцзюнь (tajczjunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕyn⁵⁵/ → /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ d͡ʑ̥yn¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taai³ gwan¹
    • Yale: taai gwān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taai³ gwan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tai³ guen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːi̯³³ kʷɐn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: thajH kjun

Rime
Character	太	君
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	透 (6)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	泰 (25)	文 (59)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	他蓋切	舉云切
Baxter	thajH	kjun
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰɑiH/	/kɨun/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰɑiH/	/kiun/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɑiH/	/kiuən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰajH/	/kun/
Li Rong	/tʰɑiH/	/kiuən/
Wang Li	/tʰɑiH/	/kĭuən/
Bernard Karlgren	/tʰɑiH/	/ki̯uən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tài	jūn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	taai3	gwan1

Etymology 1

Noun

太君

1. (historical) title for the mother of an official in imperial China
2. (honorific) term of address for mother of the person the speaker is addressing

Etymology 2

Phono-semantic matching of Japanese 大人(たいじん) (taijin), from Middle Chinese 大人 (MC dajH|daH nyin) (Sun, 2015).

Noun

太君

1. (historical) term of address for Japanese officials in Japan-occupied regions of China during the Second Sino-Japanese War