封建

Chinese

		to confer; to grant; to seal to confer; to grant; to seal; (a measure word)	to establish; to found; to set up to establish; to found; to set up; to build; to construct
simp. and trad. (封建)		封	建

Etymology

In the modern sense of "feudalism", wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 封建(ほうけん) (hōken).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēngjiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄥ ㄐㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fung¹ gin³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hong-kiàn
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹fon-ji

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēngjiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄥ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fongjiàn
    • Wade–Giles: fêng¹-chien⁴
    • Yale: fēng-jyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fengjiann
    • Palladius: фэнцзянь (fɛnczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fung¹ gin³
    • Yale: fūng gin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fung¹ gin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: fung¹ gin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊŋ⁵⁵ kiːn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hong-kiàn
    • Tâi-lô: hong-kiàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hongkiexn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kiɛn²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ³³ kiɛn⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kiɛn²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɛn¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɛn²¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹fon-ji
    • MiniDict: fon^平 ji
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹fon-jji
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /foŋ⁵⁵ d͡ʑi²¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 封建

1. (historical) fengjian (a system of enfeoffment in ancient China); (by extension) feudalism; European feudalism

   封建政體／封建政体  ―  fēngjiàn zhèngtǐ  ―  feudal polity

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 封建

1. feudal; feudalistic

   封建迷信  ―  fēngjiàn míxìn  ―  feudalistic and superstitious (things)

2. (informal) stuffy; conservative; old-fashioned

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
封	建
ほう Grade: S	けん Grade: 4

Noun

封(ほう)建(けん) • (hōken) 

1. feudalism

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Korean

Hanja in this term
封	建

Noun

封建 • (bonggeon) (hangeul 봉건)

1. Hanja form^? of 봉건 (“feudal; feudalism”).

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
封	建

Adjective

封建

1. chữ Hán form of phong kiến (“feudal”).