九品中正

Chinese

		nine ranks	impartial judges
simp. and trad. (九品中正)		九品	中正

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǔpǐn zhōngzhèng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄆㄧㄣˇ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄓㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gau² ban² zung³ zing³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǔpǐn zhōngzhèng [Phonetic: jiúpǐnzhōngzhèng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄆㄧㄣˇ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄓㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǒupǐn jhongjhèng
    • Wade–Giles: chiu³-pʻin³ chung¹-chêng⁴
    • Yale: jyǒu-pǐn jūng-jèng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeoupiin jongjenq
    • Palladius: цзюпинь чжунчжэн (czjupinʹ čžunčžɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pʰin²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gau² ban² zung³ zing³
    • Yale: gáu bán jung jing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gau² ban² dzung³ dzing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: geo² ben² zung³ jing³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³⁵ pɐn³⁵ t͡sʊŋ³³ t͡sɪŋ³³/

Noun

九品中正

1. (historical) nine-rank system (system used to categorize and classify government officials in Imperial China)