君臣

Chinese

		monarch; lord; gentleman monarch; lord; gentleman; ruler	statesman; vassal; courtier statesman; vassal; courtier; minister; official
simp. and trad. (君臣)		君	臣

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jūnchén

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄣㄔㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwan¹ san⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kiûn-sṳ̀n
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kun-sîn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jūnchén
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄣㄔㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jyunchén
  - Wade–Giles: chün¹-chʻên²
  - Yale: jyūn-chén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiunchern
  - Palladius: цзюньчэнь (czjunʹčɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕyn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gwan¹ san⁴
  - Yale: gwān sàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwan¹ san⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: guen¹ sen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐn⁵⁵ sɐn²¹/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
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    君臣
    軍神 / 军神
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiûn-sṳ̀n
  - Hakka Romanization System: giun^ˊ siin^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: giun¹ sin²
  - Sinological IPA: /ki̯un²⁴ sɨn¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kun-sîn
  - Tâi-lô: kun-sîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kunsiin
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kun⁴⁴⁻²² sin²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kun³³ sin²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kun⁴⁴⁻²² sin¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kun⁴⁴⁻³³ sin²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kun⁴⁴⁻³³ sin²³/

Middle Chinese: kjun dzyin

Rime
Character	君	臣
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	文 (59)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	舉云切	植鄰切
Baxter	kjun	dzyin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨun/	/d͡ʑiɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/kiun/	/d͡ʑin/
Shao Rongfen	/kiuən/	/d͡ʑjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kun/	/d͡ʑin/
Li Rong	/kiuən/	/ʑiĕn/
Wang Li	/kĭuən/	/ʑĭĕn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ki̯uən/	/ʑi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jūn	chén
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwan¹	san⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*C.qur [ɡ]i[ŋ]/

(Zhengzhang): /*klun ɡiŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	君	臣
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jūn	chén
Middle Chinese	‹ kjun ›	‹ dzyin ›
Old Chinese	/*C.qur/	/*[ɡ]i[ŋ]/
English	lord; ruler	slave, subject
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	君	臣
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	7289	1342
Phonetic component	君	臣
Rime group	文	眞
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	君	辰
Old Chinese	/*klun/	/*ɡiŋ/
Notes		甲文臧象以戈刺目爲奴，省戈表不刺者則爲臣，專指役使於家內者

Noun

君臣

(literary, historical) ruler and his subjects
(traditional Chinese medicine) main medicine and complementary medicine
(literary) staple food and non-staple food

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (君臣):

→ Japanese: 君臣(くんしん) (kunshin)
→ Korean: 군신(君臣) (gunsin)
→ Vietnamese: quân thần (君臣)