巴厘滿衙門

Chinese

		phonetic	yamen; office; bureau
trad. (巴厘滿衙門)		巴厘滿	衙門
simp. (巴厘满衙门)		巴厘满	衙门

Etymology

Borrowed from English parliament, using the Chinese concept of 衙門／衙门 (yámen, “yamen; residence of mandarin”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bālímǎnyámén

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄌㄧˊ ㄇㄢˇ ㄧㄚˊ ㄇㄣˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bālímǎnyámén
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄌㄧˊ ㄇㄢˇ ㄧㄚˊ ㄇㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: balímǎnyámén
    • Wade–Giles: pa¹-li²-man³-ya²-mên²
    • Yale: bā-lí-mǎn-yá-mén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: balimaanyamen
    • Palladius: балиманьямэнь (balimanʹjamɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ li³⁵ män²¹⁴⁻²¹ jä³⁵ mən³⁵/

Noun

巴厘滿衙門

1. (dated) parliament

   • 國中有大事，王及官民俱至巴厘滿衙門，公議乃行。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     国中有大事，王及官民俱至巴厘满衙门，公议乃行。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1843, Wei Yuan, Illustrated Treatise on the Maritime Kingdoms

     Guó zhōng yǒu dàshì, wáng jí guānmín jù zhì bālímǎnyámén, gōngyì nǎi xíng. [Pinyin]

     When there are important affairs in the country, the king, the government officials and common people all go to the parliament, and (policies) will be implemented after public discussion.

Synonyms

• 議會／议会 (yìhuì)