冤罪

Chinese

		injustice; to wrong	guilt; crime; fault guilt; crime; fault; blame; sin
trad. (冤罪)		冤	罪
simp. #(冤罪)		冤	罪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuānzuì

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢ ㄗㄨㄟˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuānzuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄢ ㄗㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuanzuèi
    • Wade–Giles: yüan¹-tsui⁴
    • Yale: ywān-dzwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iuantzuey
    • Palladius: юаньцзуй (juanʹczuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn⁵⁵ t͡su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

Noun

冤罪

1. miscarriage of justice

   Synonym: 冤獄／冤狱 (yuānyù)

Usage notes

Rare in modern Sinitic, where it is superseded by 冤獄／冤狱 (yuānyù) in usage.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
冤	罪
えん Hyōgaiji	ざい Grade: 5
on’yomi

Alternative spellings
寃罪 えん罪

Etymology

/wenzai/ → /enzai/

From Middle Chinese compound 冤罪 (ʔjwan dzwoj^X, literally “injustice + crime”). Compare modern Mandarin reading yuānzuì.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) えんざい [èńzáí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ẽ̞nd͡za̠i]

Noun

冤(えん)罪(ざい) • (enzai) ^{←ゑんざい (wenzai)?}

1. miscarriage of justice; false charge

Synonyms

• 濡(ぬ)れ衣(ぎぬ) (nureginu)
• 誤審(ごしん) (goshin)