尊卑

Chinese

		to honour	low; base; vulgar low; base; vulgar; inferior; humble
trad. (尊卑)		尊	卑
simp. ^#(尊卑)		尊	卑

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zūnbēi

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄣㄅㄟ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zyun¹ bei¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zūnbēi
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄣㄅㄟ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zunbei
  - Wade–Giles: tsun¹-pei¹
  - Yale: dzwūn-bēi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuenbei
  - Palladius: цзуньбэй (czunʹbɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ən⁵⁵ peɪ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zyun¹ bei¹
  - Yale: jyūn bēi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzyn¹ bei¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: jun¹ béi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syːn⁵⁵ pei̯⁵⁵/

Adjective

尊卑

(of people) rich and poor; mighty and meek
(of people) old and young

Derived terms

長幼尊卑 / 长幼尊卑 (zhǎngyòuzūnbēi)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
尊	卑
そん Grade: 6	ひ > ぴ Grade: S
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) そんぴ [sóꜜǹpì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [sõ̞mpʲi]

Noun

尊(そん)卑(ぴ) • (sonpi)

(of people) the rich and the poor
(of people) the high and the low

Derived terms

尊(そん)卑(ぴ)分(ぶん)脈(みゃく) (sonpibunmyaku)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
尊	卑

Noun

尊卑 • (jonbi) (hangeul 존비)

hanja form^? of 존비