宗室

Chinese

		school; sect; purpose school; sect; purpose; model; ancestor; family	room
trad. (宗室)		宗	室
simp. #(宗室)		宗	室

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zōngshì, zōngshǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄥ ㄕˋ, ㄗㄨㄥ ㄕˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ sat¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zōngshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄥ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zongshìh
    • Wade–Giles: tsung¹-shih⁴
    • Yale: dzūng-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzongshyh
    • Palladius: цзунши (czunši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zōngshǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄥ ㄕˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zongshǐh
    • Wade–Giles: tsung¹-shih³
    • Yale: dzūng-shř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzongshyy
    • Palladius: цзунши (czunši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung¹ sat¹
    • Yale: jūng sāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ sat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ sed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ sɐt̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsowng syit

Rime
Character	宗	室
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	冬 (5)	質 (48)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	作冬切	式質切
Baxter	tsowng	syit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡suoŋ/	/ɕiɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡suoŋ/	/ɕit̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡soŋ/	/ɕjet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sawŋ/	/ɕit̚/
Li Rong	/t͡soŋ/	/ɕiĕt̚/
Wang Li	/t͡suoŋ/	/ɕĭĕt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡suoŋ/	/ɕi̯ĕt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zōng	shi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zung1	sat1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ts]ˤuŋ  s.ti[t]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsuːŋ  hliɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	宗	室
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zōng	shì
Middle Chinese	‹ tsowng ›	‹ syit ›
Old Chinese	/*[ts]ˁuŋ/	/*s.ti[t]/
English	ancestral temple	chamber; house
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	宗	室
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	17892	17374
Phonetic component	宗	至
Rime group	終	質
Rime subdivision	0	2
Corresponding MC rime	宗	失
Old Chinese	/*ʔsuːŋ/	/*hliɡ/

Noun

宗室

1. (historical) imperial clan
2. (historical) member of the imperial clan; clansman

Synonyms

• (imperial clan): 皇家 (huángjiā), 皇室 (huángshì), 皇族 (huángzú), 王家 (wángjiā), 王室 (wángshì)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (宗室):

• → Japanese: 宗室(そうしつ) (sōshitsu)
• → Korean: 종실(宗室) (jongsil)
• → Vietnamese: tông thất (宗室)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
宗	室

Noun

宗室

1. (historical) chữ Hán form of tông thất (“a member of the imperial clan”)

See also

• Tôn Thất