太史令

Chinese

		Court Astronomer; Imperial Historian	make or cause to be; order; command make or cause to be; order; command; decree; honourable
trad. (太史令)		太史	令
simp. #(太史令)		太史	令

Etymology

Subordinate to the Minister of Ceremonies, the Court Astronomer made astronomical observations and drafted the annual lunisolar calendar. The Court Astronomer also upheld a literacy test of 9,000 characters for nominees aspiring to become subordinate officials for either the Minister Steward or Palace Assistant Imperial Clerk.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tàishǐ lìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˋ ㄕˇ ㄌㄧㄥˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tàishǐ lìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˋ ㄕˇ ㄌㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tàishǐh lìng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻai⁴-shih³ ling⁴
    • Yale: tài-shř lìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tayshyy linq
    • Palladius: тайши лин (tajši lin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ liŋ⁵¹/

Noun

太史令

1. (archaic) Court Astronomer

Synonyms

• 太史 (tàishǐ)

References

• 太史 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh
• Government of the Han Dynasty on Wikipedia.Wikipedia