府尹

Chinese

		prefecture; mansion	to rule; surname
simp. and trad. (府尹)		府	尹

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fǔyǐn

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˇ ㄧㄣˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fu² wan⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fǔyǐn [Phonetic: fúyǐn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˇ ㄧㄣˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fǔyǐn
  - Wade–Giles: fu³-yin³
  - Yale: fǔ-yǐn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuuyiin
  - Palladius: фуинь (fuinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ in²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fu² wan⁵
  - Yale: fú wáhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fu² wan⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: fu² wen⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː³⁵ wɐn¹³/

Noun

府尹

magistrate; prefect
(Thailand) provincial governor

Usage notes

(magistrate; prefect): The title 府尹 (fǔyǐn) only applied to most important prefectures only, usually the capital cities. For other prefectures, the title was usually 知府 (zhīfǔ).