至尊

Chinese

		arrive; most; to arrive; most; to; until	to honour
trad. (至尊)		至	尊
simp. #(至尊)		至	尊

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhìzūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˋ ㄗㄨㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi³ zyun¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ-chûn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chì-chun

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhìzūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˋ ㄗㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhìhzun
    • Wade–Giles: chih⁴-tsun¹
    • Yale: jr̀-dzwūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyhtzuen
    • Palladius: чжицзунь (čžiczunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡su̯ən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi³ zyun¹
    • Yale: ji jyūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi³ dzyn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji³ jun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³³ t͡syːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ-chûn
    • Hakka Romanization System: zii zun^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zi⁴ zun¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ⁵⁵ t͡sun²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chì-chun
    • Tâi-lô: tsì-tsun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciezwn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡si²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡si⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sun³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡si²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡si¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡si²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sun⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyijH tswon

Rime
Character	至	尊
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)	魂 (55)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	脂利切	祖昆切
Baxter	tsyijH	tswon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiɪH/	/t͡suən/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕiH/	/t͡suon/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕjɪH/	/t͡suən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ciH/	/t͡swən/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiH/	/t͡suən/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕiH/	/t͡suən/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕiH/	/t͡suən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhì	zūn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi3	zyun1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ti[t]-s  [ts]ˤu[n]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*tjiɡs  ʔsuːn/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	至	尊	尊
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhì	zūn	zūn
Middle Chinese	‹ tsyijH ›	‹ tswon ›	‹ tswon ›
Old Chinese	/*ti[t]-s/	/*[ts]ˁu[n]/	/*[ts]ˁu[n]/
English	arrive	honor (v.)	wine-cup
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	至	尊
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	17342	17984
Phonetic component	至	尊
Rime group	至	文
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	至	尊
Old Chinese	/*tjiɡs/	/*ʔsuːn/

Adjective

至尊

1. most revered and respected

Derived terms

• 至尊至貴 / 至尊至贵

Noun

至尊

1. (chiefly historical) the most revered person or thing; His Majesty; His Royal Highness; the emperor

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (至尊):

• → Japanese: 至(し)尊(そん) (shison)
• → Korean: 지존(至尊) (jijon)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
至	尊
し Grade: 6	そん Grade: 6
on'yomi

Noun

至(し)尊(そん) • (shison) 

1. extreme reverence
2. highly revered person
3. the Emperor