家臣

Chinese

		home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools	statesman; vassal; courtier statesman; vassal; courtier; minister; official
simp. and trad. (家臣)		家	臣

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiāchén

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚ ㄔㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa¹ san⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiāchén
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚ ㄔㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiachén
    • Wade–Giles: chia¹-chʻên²
    • Yale: jyā-chén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiachern
    • Palladius: цзячэнь (czjačɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaa¹ san⁴
    • Yale: gā sàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaa¹ san⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ga¹ sen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː⁵⁵ sɐn²¹/

Noun

家臣

1. (historical, during the Spring and Autumn period) counselor to a king or feudal warlord; vassal

Japanese

Kanji in this term
家	臣
か Grade: 2	しん Grade: 4
on’yomi

Noun

家(か)臣(しん) • (kashin) 

1. vassal