伯爵

Chinese

		father's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle father's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle; eldest of brothers; respectful form of address	nobility; (ancient wine holder with 3 legs and loop handle)
simp. and trad. (伯爵)		伯	爵

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bójué

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ ㄐㄩㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak³ zoek³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pek-chiok

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bójué
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ ㄐㄩㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bójyué
    • Wade–Giles: po²-chüeh²
    • Yale: bwó-jywé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: borjyue
    • Palladius: боцзюэ (boczjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak³ zoek³
    • Yale: baak jeuk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁸ dzoek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag³ zêg³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚³ t͡sœːk̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pek-chiok
    • Tâi-lô: pik-tsiok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pekciog
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /piɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡siɔk̚³²/

Noun

伯爵

1. count (ruler of a county)
2. earl (a British or Irish nobleman)

Derived terms

• 伯爵茶 (bójuéchá)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (伯爵):

• → Japanese: 伯(はく)爵(しゃく) (hakushaku)
• → Korean: 백작(伯爵) (baekjak)
• → Vietnamese: bá tước (伯爵)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
伯	爵
はく Grade: S	しゃく Grade: S
kan’on

Etymology

伯 (“count”) +‎ 爵 (“nobility title”). Originally, the third highest among the 五等爵 (Gotōshaku, “Five Ranks”) in China under the Zhou dynasty. Used as an equivalent to the concept of the European "count" after the Meiji Restoration, during the establishment of a new peerage system called 華族 (Kazoku).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) はくしゃく [hàkúshákú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ha̠kɯ̟̊ᵝɕa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

伯(はく)爵(しゃく) • (hakushaku) ^{←はくしやく (fakusyaku)?}

1. count (male ruler of a county)
2. earl (a British or Irish nobleman)
   • Takeuchi, Ryōsuke with Miyoshi, Hikaru, “＃１｜緋(ひ)色(いろ)の瞳(ひとみ)(Ｔｈｅ Ｓｃａｒｌｅｔ Ｅｙｅｓ) [#1|The Scarlet Eyes]”, in 憂国のモリアーティ(Ｍｏｒｉａｒｔｙ　ｔｈｅ　Ｐａｔｒｉｏｔ) [Moriarty the Patriot], volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, pages 66–67:

     君(きみ)達(たち)は……

     Kimitachi wa……

     You are…

     ……アルバート　モリアーティ伯(はく)爵(しゃく)家(け)長(ちょう)子(し)　アルバート・ジェームズ・モリアーティ　そしてその弟(おとうと)　ウィリアム・ジェームズ・モリアーティとルイス・ジェームズ・モリアーティです

     ……Arubāto Moriāti Hakushakuke chōshi Arubāto Jēmuzu Moriāti Soshite sono otōto Wiriamu Jēmuzu Moriāti to Ruisu Jēmuzu Moriāti desu

     …Albert. Eldest son of the Earl Moriarty, Albert James Moriarty. And these are my brothers, William James Moriarty and Lewis James Moriarty.

See also

• 公(こう)爵(しゃく) (kōshaku, “duke”)
• 侯(こう)爵(しゃく) (kōshaku, “marquess”)
• 子(し)爵(しゃく) (shishaku, “viscount”)
• 男(だん)爵(しゃく) (danshaku, “baron”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
伯	爵

Noun

伯爵 • (baekjak) (hangeul 백작)

1. Hanja form^? of 백작 (“count; earl”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
伯	爵

Noun

伯爵

1. chữ Hán form of bá tước (“count; earl”).