秦朝

Chinese

		surname; name of a dynasty	morning; to face; towards morning; to face; towards; facing; direct; a dynasty; the imperial court; Korea, esp. N. Korea (abbrev.)
trad. (秦朝)		秦	朝
simp. #(秦朝)		秦	朝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Qíncháo

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄣˊ ㄔㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceon⁴ ciu⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Chhìn-chhèu
• Eastern Min (BUC): Cìng-dièu
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Chîn-tiâu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cing⁵ ciou⁵ / cing⁵ ciao⁵ / cêng⁵ ciao⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Qíncháo
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄣˊ ㄔㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Cíncháo
    • Wade–Giles: Chʻin²-chʻao²
    • Yale: Chín-cháu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chynchaur
    • Palladius: Циньчао (Cinʹčao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰin³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceon⁴ ciu⁴
    • Yale: chèuhn chìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoen⁴ tsiu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cên⁴ qiu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵn²¹ t͡sʰiːu̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Chhìn-chhèu
    • Hakka Romanization System: qin^ˇ ceu^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qin² ceu²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰin¹¹ t͡sʰeu̯¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Cìng-dièu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siŋ⁵³⁻³³ ^(t-)nieu⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chîn-tiâu
    • Tâi-lô: Tsîn-tiâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cindiaau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sin²⁴⁻²² tiau²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sin²⁴⁻²² tiau²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sin¹³⁻²² tiau¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sin²⁴⁻¹¹ tiau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sin²³⁻³³ tiau²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cing⁵ ciou⁵ / cing⁵ ciao⁵ / cêng⁵ ciao⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshîng tshiôu / tshîng tshiâu / tshêng tshiâu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiou⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰiŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiau⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰeŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiau⁵⁵/

Note:

• cing5 ciou5 - Chaozhou;
• cing5 ciao5 - Shantou;
• cêng5 ciao5 - Jieyang.

Proper noun

秦朝

1. the Qin dynasty (221-206 B.C.)

See also

Dynasties (朝代) in Chinese history
Name	Time period	Divisions
Xia 夏 (～朝, ～代)	2070 – 1600 BCE
Shang 商 (～朝, ～代) 殷 (～朝, ～代)	1600 – 1046 BCE
Zhou 周 (～朝, ～代)	1046 – 256 BCE	Western Zhou 西周
		Eastern Zhou 東周／东周	Spring and Autumn period 春秋
			Warring States period 戰國／战国
Qin 秦 (～朝, ～代)	221 – 206 BCE
Han 漢／汉 (～朝, ～代)	206 BCE – 220 C.E.	Western Han 西漢／西汉
		Xin 新 (～朝)
		Eastern Han 東漢／东汉
Three Kingdoms 三國／三国	220 – 280 C.E.	Wei 魏
		Shu Han 蜀漢／蜀汉
		Wu 吳／吴
Jin 晉／晋 (～朝, ～代)	265 – 420 C.E.	Western Jin 西晉／西晋
		Eastern Jin 東晉／东晋
Southern and Northern dynasties 南北朝	420 – 589 C.E.	Northern dynasties 北朝	Northern Wei 北魏
			Western Wei 西魏
			Eastern Wei 東魏／东魏
			Northern Zhou 北周
			Northern Qi 北齊／北齐
		Southern dynasties 南朝	Liu Song 劉宋／刘宋
			Southern Qi 南齊／南齐
			Liang 梁 (～朝, ～代)
			Chen 陳／陈 (～朝, ～代)
Sui 隋 (～朝, ～代)	581 – 618 C.E.
Tang 唐 (～朝, ～代)	618 – 907 C.E.
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms 五代十國／五代十国	907 – 960 C.E.
Liao 遼／辽 (～朝, ～代)	907 – 1125 C.E.
Song 宋 (～朝, ～代)	960 – 1279 C.E.	Northern Song 北宋
		Southern Song 南宋
Western Xia 西夏	1038 – 1227 C.E.
Jin 金 (～朝, ～代)	1115 – 1234 C.E.
Western Liao 西遼／西辽	1124 – 1218 C.E.
Yuan 元 (～朝, ～代)	1271 – 1368 C.E.
Ming 明 (～朝, ～代)	1368 – 1644 C.E.
Qing 清 (～朝, ～代)	1636 – 1912 C.E.