貴族院

See also: 贵族院

Chinese

		lord; nobleman; noble lord; nobleman; noble; aristocrat; nobility; aristocracy	courtyard; institution
trad. (貴族院)		貴族	院
simp. (贵族院)		贵族	院

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Guìzúyuàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟˋ ㄗㄨˊ ㄩㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai³ zuk⁶ jyun^6-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Guìzúyuàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˋ ㄗㄨˊ ㄩㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Guèizúyuàn
    • Wade–Giles: Kuei⁴-tsu²-yüan⁴
    • Yale: Gwèi-dzú-ywàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Gueytzwuyuann
    • Palladius: Гуйцзуюань (Gujczujuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹ t͡su³⁵ ɥɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwai³ zuk⁶ jyun^6-2
    • Yale: gwai juhk yún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwai³ dzuk⁹ jyn^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: guei³ zug⁶ yun^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯³³ t͡sʊk̚² jyːn²²⁻³⁵/

Proper noun

貴族院

1. House of Lords

Japanese

Kanji in this term
貴	族	院
き Grade: 6	ぞく Grade: 3	いん Grade: 3
goon		kan’yōon

Etymology

From 貴族 (kizoku, “noble”) +‎ 院 (-in, “institution”, from 議院 (giin, “parliamentary chamber”)).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) きぞく​いん [kìzókúꜜìǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [kʲizo̞kɯ̟ᵝĩɴ]

Proper noun

貴(き)族(ぞく)院(いん) • (Kizokuin) ^{←きぞくゐん (kizokwin)?}

1. (history) the House of Peers (upper house of Japan's Imperial Diet)
2. the House of Lords (upper house of Britain's or Ireland's Parliament)
3. (history) the Chamber of Peers (upper house of France's Parliament)

See also

• 上(じょう)院(いん) (jōin)
• 参(さん)議(ぎ)院(いん) (Sangīn)
• 庶(しょ)民(みん)院(いん) (Shomin'in)

Korean

Hanja in this term
貴	族	院

Proper noun

貴族院 • (Gwijogwon or McCune-Reischauer: Kwijogwŏn or Yale: Kwīcok.wen) (hangeul 귀족원)

1. Hanja form^? of 귀족원 (“House of Lords”).