清室

Chinese

		clear; distinct; complete clear; distinct; complete; pure	room
trad. (清室)		清	室
simp. #(清室)		清	室

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīngshì, qīngshǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥ ㄕˋ, ㄑㄧㄥ ㄕˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing¹ sat¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīngshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cingshìh
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing¹-shih⁴
    • Yale: chīng-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingshyh
    • Palladius: цинши (cinši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīngshǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ ㄕˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cingshǐh
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing¹-shih³
    • Yale: chīng-shř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingshyy
    • Palladius: цинши (cinši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cing¹ sat¹
    • Yale: chīng sāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing¹ sat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing¹ sed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ sɐt̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tshjeng syit

Rime
Character	清	室
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	清 (121)	質 (48)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	七情切	式質切
Baxter	tshjeng	syit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰiᴇŋ/	/ɕiɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰiɛŋ/	/ɕit̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰiæŋ/	/ɕjet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰiajŋ/	/ɕit̚/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰiɛŋ/	/ɕiĕt̚/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰĭɛŋ/	/ɕĭĕt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰi̯ɛŋ/	/ɕi̯ĕt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qīng	shi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cing1	sat1

Noun

清室

1. (archaic) pleasantly cool room
2. (archaic) prison; jail
3. (archaic) the Qing imperial household

Synonyms

• (prison):

• 囹圄 (língyǔ) (literary)
• 大牢 (dàláo) (archaic)
• 牢 (láo)
• 牢房 (láofáng)
• 牢獄／牢狱 (láoyù)
• 班房 (bānfáng) (colloquial)
• 監房／监房 (jiānfáng)
• 監牢／监牢 (jiānláo)
• 監獄／监狱 (jiānyù)
• 鐵屋／铁屋 (tiěwū) (literary, figurative)

 

Verb

清室

1. (archaic) to inspect the palace to ensure its safety