寵臣

Chinese

		to love; to pamper; to spoil to love; to pamper; to spoil; to favour	statesman; vassal; courtier statesman; vassal; courtier; minister; official
trad. (寵臣)		寵	臣
simp. (宠臣)		宠	臣

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chǒngchén

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄥˇ ㄔㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cung² san⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chǒngchén
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄥˇ ㄔㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chǒngchén
  - Wade–Giles: chʻung³-chʻên²
  - Yale: chǔng-chén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: choongchern
  - Palladius: чунчэнь (čunčɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cung² san⁴
  - Yale: chúng sàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsung² san⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: cung² sen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ³⁵ sɐn²¹/

Noun

寵臣

(historical) favoured minister

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (寵臣):

→ Japanese: 寵臣(ちょうしん) (chōshin)
→ Korean: 총신(寵臣) (chongsin)