男爵

Chinese

		male	nobility; (ancient wine holder with 3 legs and loop handle)
simp. and trad. (男爵)		男	爵

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nánjué

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄐㄩㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naam⁴ zoek³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nánjué
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄐㄩㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nánjyué
    • Wade–Giles: nan²-chüeh²
    • Yale: nán-jywé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nanjyue
    • Palladius: наньцзюэ (nanʹczjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: naam⁴ zoek³
    • Yale: nàahm jeuk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naam⁴ dzoek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: nam⁴ zêg³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːm²¹ t͡sœːk̚³/

Noun

男爵

1. baron (nobility)

Synonyms

• 阿思哈尼哈番 (āsīhāní hāfān)
• 阿思哈尼哈哈番
• 阿思罕尼哈番
• 阿思漢尼哈番／阿思汉尼哈番

Related terms

• 公爵 (gōngjué): duke
• 侯爵 (hóujué): marquis
• 伯爵 (bójué): earl, count
• 子爵 (zǐjué): viscount

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (男爵):

• → Japanese: 男(だん)爵(しゃく) (danshaku)
• → Korean: 남작(男爵) (namjak)
• → Vietnamese: nam tước (男爵)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
男	爵
だん Grade: 1	しゃく Grade: S
kan’on

Etymology

男 (“man; baron”) +‎ 爵 (“nobility title”). Originally, the lowest among the 五等爵 (Gotōshaku, “Five Ranks”) in China under the Zhou dynasty. Used as an equivalent to the concept of the European "baron" after the Meiji Restoration, during the establishment of a new peerage system called 華族 (Kazoku).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) だ​んしゃく [dáꜜǹshàkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) だんしゃく [dàńshákú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [dã̠ɰ̃ɕa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

男(だん)爵(しゃく) • (danshaku) ^{←だんしやく (dansyaku)?}

1. baron

Coordinate terms

• 公(こう)爵(しゃく) (kōshaku): duke
• 侯(こう)爵(しゃく) (kōshaku): marquis
• 伯(はく)爵(しゃく) (hakushaku): earl, count
• 子(し)爵(しゃく) (shishaku): viscount

Derived terms

• 男(だん)爵(しゃく)薯(いも) (danshakuimo)

Korean

Hanja in this term
男	爵

Noun

男爵 • (namjak) (hangeul 남작)

1. Hanja form^? of 남작 (“baron”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
男	爵

Noun

男爵

1. chữ Hán form of nam tước (“baron”).