宰相

Chinese

		slaughter; butcher; govern slaughter; butcher; govern; rule; official	each other; appearance; portrait each other; appearance; portrait; picture; one another; mutually
simp. and trad. (宰相)		宰	相

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǎixiàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄞˇ ㄒㄧㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoi² soeng³
• Gan (Wiktionary): 'zai³ xiong⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chái-siong
• Eastern Min (BUC): cāi-sióng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chái-siòng / cháiⁿ-siòng / chái-siàng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zai² siang³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǎixiàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄞˇ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǎisiàng
    • Wade–Giles: tsai³-hsiang⁴
    • Yale: dzǎi-syàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzaeshianq
    • Palladius: цзайсян (czajsjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zoi² soeng³
    • Yale: jói seung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoi² soeng³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zoi² sêng³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːi̯³⁵ sœːŋ³³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: 'zai³ xiong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈt͡sai²¹³⁻¹³ ɕiɔŋ³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chái-siong
    • Hakka Romanization System: zai` xiong
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zai³ xiong⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sai̯³¹ si̯oŋ⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cāi-sióng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sai³³⁻⁵⁵ ^(s-)luɔŋ²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chái-siòng
    • Tâi-lô: tsái-siòng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zaysioxng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cháiⁿ-siòng
    • Tâi-lô: tsáinn-siòng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zvaysioxng
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sãi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sãi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chái-siàng
    • Tâi-lô: tsái-siàng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zaysiaxng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siaŋ²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zai² siang³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsái siàng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sai⁵²⁻³⁵ siaŋ²¹³/

Noun

宰相

1. (historical, government) Chancellor of State

Synonyms

• 丞相 (chéngxiàng)
• 相府 (xiàngfǔ)
• 相 (xiàng)
• 相國／相国 (xiàngguó)

Derived terms

• 伴食宰相
• 宰相肚裡好撐船／宰相肚里好撑船 (zǎixiàng dùlǐ hǎo chēngchuán)
• 宰相肚裡能撐船／宰相肚里能撑船 (zǎixiàng dùlǐ néng chēngchuán)
• 山中宰相
• 弄獐宰相
• 摸稜宰相／摸棱宰相
• 當朝宰相／当朝宰相
• 鐵血宰相／铁血宰相
• 風流宰相／风流宰相

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (宰相):

• → Japanese: 宰相(さいしょう) (saishō)
• → Korean: 재상(宰相) (jaesang)
• → Vietnamese: tể tướng (宰相)

Others:

• → Classical Mongolian: ᠵᠠᠶᠢᠰᠠᠩ (ǰayisaŋ)
  • Mongolian: ᠵᠠᠶᠢᠰᠠᠩ (ǰayisaŋ) / зайсан (zajsan)
  • → Buryat: зайсан (zajsan)
  • → Manchu: ᠵᠠᡳ᠌ᠰᠠᠩ (jaisang)
    • → Chinese: 齋桑／斋桑 (zhāisāng)
  • → Written Oirat: ᠴᠠᠶᡅᠰᠠᡊ (zaᠶisang)
    • Kalmyk: зәәсң (zääsñ)
    • → Khakas: чайзаң (çayzañ)
    • → Manchu: ᡯᠠᡳ᠌ᠰᠠᠩ (dzaisang)
      • → Chinese: 宰桑 (zǎisāng)
    • → Southern Altai: јайзаҥ (ǰayzaŋ)
    • → Tuvan: чайзаң (çayzañ)

See also

• 首相 (shǒuxiàng)
• 議長／议长 (yìzhǎng)
• 主席 (zhǔxí)
• 總理／总理 (zǒnglǐ)
• 總統／总统 (zǒngtǒng)
• 閣揆／阁揆 (gékuí)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
宰	相
さい Grade: S	しょう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) さいしょー [sàíshóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [sa̠iɕo̞ː]

Noun

宰(さい)相(しょう) • (saishō) 

1. prime minister

Synonyms

• 首相(しゅしょう) (shushō)

Korean

Hanja in this term
宰	相

Noun

宰相 • (jaesang) (hangeul 재상)

1. Hanja form^? of 재상 (“prime minister; premier”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
宰	相

Noun

宰相

1. chữ Hán form of tể tướng (“grand chancellor”).