皇綱失統

See also: 皇纲失统

Chinese

		imperial rule	to lose; to miss; to fail	to gather; to unite; to unify to gather; to unite; to unify; whole
trad. (皇綱失統)		皇綱	失	統
simp. (皇纲失统)		皇纲	失	统

Etymology

皇綱 (皇帝綱紀: imperial rule) + 失 (to lose) + 統 (體統: decorum; propriety; decency)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huánggāng shī tǒng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄍㄤ ㄕ ㄊㄨㄥˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huánggāng shī tǒng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄍㄤ ㄕ ㄊㄨㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huánggang shih tǒng
    • Wade–Giles: huang²-kang¹ shih¹ tʻung³
    • Yale: hwáng-gāng shr̄ tǔng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwanggang shy toong
    • Palladius: хуанган ши тун (xuangan ši tun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ kɑŋ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ tʰʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Verb

皇綱失統

1. (archaic) The system of imperial rule has been corrupted.

References

• Luo, Guanzhong (14th century) Annotated Romance of the Three Kingdoms/Chapter 5, page 70, note 16 (in Mandarin), published 1994, →ISBN