皇室

Chinese

		emperor; surname	room
simp. and trad. (皇室)		皇	室

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huángshì, huángshǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄕˋ, ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄕˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wong⁴ sat¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hông-sek

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huángshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huángshìh
    • Wade–Giles: huang²-shih⁴
    • Yale: hwáng-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwangshyh
    • Palladius: хуанши (xuanši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huángshǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄕˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huángshǐh
    • Wade–Giles: huang²-shih³
    • Yale: hwáng-shř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwangshyy
    • Palladius: хуанши (xuanši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: wong⁴ sat¹
    • Yale: wòhng sāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wong⁴ sat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: wong⁴ sed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ²¹ sɐt̚⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 王室 皇室

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hông-sek
    • Tâi-lô: hông-sik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hongseg
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² siɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² siɪk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ¹³⁻²² siɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ siɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ²³⁻³³ siɪk̚³²/

Noun

皇室

1. royal family; imperial household
2. imperial court; royal house

Synonyms

• (royal family): 皇家 (huángjiā), 皇族 (huángzú), 王家 (wángjiā), 王室 (wángshì), 宗室 (zōngshì)
• (imperial court):

• 上國／上国 (shàngguó) (as termed by vassal states)
• 世 (shì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 中國／中国 (zhōngguó) (archaic)
• 公家 (gōngjiā)
• 公庭 (gōngtíng)
• 國家／国家 (guójiā) (Classical Chinese)
• 朝廷 (cháotíng)
• 王室 (wángshì)
• 王家 (wángjiā)
• 王朝 (wángcháo)
• 皇朝 (huángcháo)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
皇	室
こう Grade: 6	しつ Grade: 2
kan’on

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こーしつ [kòóshítsú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːɕi̥t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

皇(こう)室(しつ) • (kōshitsu) ^{←くゎうしつ (kwausitu)?}

1. Japanese imperial family, imperial household

Derived terms

• 皇室(こうしつ)会議(かいぎ) (Kōshitsu Kaigi, “Imperial Household Council”)
• 皇室(こうしつ)祭祀(さいし) (kōshitsu saishi, “imperial rituals”)
• 皇室(こうしつ)神道(しんとう) (Kōshitsu Shintō, “Imperial Household Shinto”)
• 皇室(こうしつ)典範(てんぱん) (Kōshitsu Tenpan, “Imperial Household Law”)