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 ㄑㄧㄣ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄑㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wong⁴ can¹ gwok³ cik¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huángqīnguóqī
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄑㄧㄣ ㄍㄨㄛˊ 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

1. 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.

2. (figurative) person having powerful connections

Synonyms

• 國戚皇親／国戚皇亲

References

• “Entry #86327”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.