皇親國戚

Chinese

FWOTD – 9 January 2020

		relative of the imperial family; relative of the emperor	relatives of the emperor
trad. (皇親國戚)		皇親	國戚
simp. (皇亲国戚)		皇亲	国戚

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huángqīnguóqī

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄑㄧㄣㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄑㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wong⁴ can¹ gwok³ cik¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huángqīnguóqī
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄑㄧㄣㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄑㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huángcinguóci
  - Wade–Giles: huang²-chʻin¹-kuo²-chʻi¹
  - Yale: hwáng-chīn-gwó-chī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwangchingwochi
  - Palladius: хуанциньгоци (xuancinʹgoci)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wong⁴ can¹ gwok³ cik¹
  - Yale: wòhng chān gwok chīk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wong⁴ tsan¹ gwok⁸ tsik⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: wong⁴ cen¹ guog³ qig¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ²¹ t͡sʰɐn⁵⁵ kʷɔːk̚³ t͡sʰɪk̚⁵/

Idiom

皇親國戚

member of royalty or royal household; royal person
- 本宮乃是當朝駙馬皇親國戚，你開封府根本無權審我。 [MSC, trad.]
  本宫乃是当朝驸马皇亲国戚，你开封府根本无权审我。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: Justice Bao
  Běngōng nǎishì dāng cháo fùmǎ huángqīnguóqī, nǐ kāifēng fǔ gēnběn wúquán shěn wǒ. [Pinyin]
  As a Prince Consort of this Dynasty, I am, indeed, a member of the royalty; your Kaifeng Office has no power to try me at all.
(figurative) person having powerful connections

Synonyms

國戚皇親／国戚皇亲

References

“皇親國戚”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.