殿軍

Chinese

		palace hall	army; military; arms
trad. (殿軍)		殿	軍
simp. (殿军)		殿	军

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diànjūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄩㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): din⁶ gwan¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiān-kun

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diànjūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄩㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diànjyun
    • Wade–Giles: tien⁴-chün¹
    • Yale: dyàn-jyūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diannjiun
    • Palladius: дяньцзюнь (djanʹczjunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn⁵¹ t͡ɕyn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: din⁶ gwan¹
    • Yale: dihn gwān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: din⁶ gwan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: din⁶ guen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːn²² kʷɐn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiān-kun
    • Tâi-lô: tiān-kun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diexnkwn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɛn²²⁻²¹ kun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɛn⁴¹⁻²² kun³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɛn²²⁻²¹ kun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɛn³³⁻¹¹ kun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɛn³³⁻²¹ kun⁴⁴/

Noun

殿軍

1. (military or figurative) rearguard

   • 牛牧师真想踢他一脚，可是又舍不得那顿饭，只好作了殿军。 [MSC, simp.]
     牛牧師真想踢他一腳，可是又舍不得那頓飯，只好作了殿軍。 [MSC, trad.]

     From: 1966, Lao She, Beneath the Red Banner《正红旗下》, translated based on the work by Don J. Cohn

     Niú mùshī zhēn xiǎng tī tā yījiǎo, kěshì yòu shèbùdé nà dùn fàn, zhǐhǎo zuò le diànjūn. [Pinyin]

     Reverend Bull would have liked to have given him a swift kick, but since he was hardly willing to give up the meal, he resigned himself to taking up the rearguard.

2. (by extension) last place in a competition; last among the winners