王室

Chinese

		king; Wang (proper name)	room
simp. and trad. (王室)		王	室

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wángshì, wángshǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˊ ㄕˋ, ㄨㄤˊ ㄕˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wong⁴ sat¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vòng-sṳt
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ông-sek

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wángshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˊ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wángshìh
    • Wade–Giles: wang²-shih⁴
    • Yale: wáng-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wangshyh
    • Palladius: ванши (vanši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wángshǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˊ ㄕˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wángshǐh
    • Wade–Giles: wang²-shih³
    • Yale: wáng-shř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wangshyy
    • Palladius: ванши (vanši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ³⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: wong⁴ sat¹
    • Yale: wòhng sāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wong⁴ sat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: wong⁴ sed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ²¹ sɐt̚⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vòng-sṳt
    • Hakka Romanization System: vong^ˇ siid^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vong² sid⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /voŋ¹¹ sɨt̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ông-sek
    • Tâi-lô: ông-sik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ongseg
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ siɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔŋ²³⁻³³ siɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɔŋ²⁴⁻²² siɪk̚³²/

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• Middle Chinese: hjwang syit

Rime
Character	王	室
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	云 (35)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	陽 (106)	質 (48)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	雨方切	式質切
Baxter	hjwang	syit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦʉɐŋ/	/ɕiɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷiɐŋ/	/ɕit̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiuɑŋ/	/ɕjet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦuaŋ/	/ɕit̚/
Li Rong	/ɣiuaŋ/	/ɕiĕt̚/
Wang Li	/ɣĭwaŋ/	/ɕĭĕt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/iwaŋ/	/ɕi̯ĕt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wáng	shi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wong4	sat1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ɢʷaŋ  s.ti[t]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷaŋ  hliɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	王	室
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wáng	shì
Middle Chinese	‹ hjwang ›	‹ syit ›
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷaŋ/	/*s.ti[t]/
English	king	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	王	室
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	12742	17374
Phonetic component	王	至
Rime group	陽	質
Rime subdivision	0	2
Corresponding MC rime	王	失
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷaŋ/	/*hliɡ/

Noun

王室

1. royal family
2. royal court; imperial court; imperial household; imperial government

Synonyms

• (royal family): 皇家 (huángjiā), 皇室 (huángshì), 皇族 (huángzú), 王家 (wángjiā), 宗室 (zōngshì)
• (royal court):

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• 上國 / 上国 (shàngguó) (as termed by vassal states)
• 世 (shì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 中國 / 中国 (zhōngguó) (archaic)
• 公家 (gōngjiā)
• 公庭 (gōngtíng)
• 國家 / 国家 (guójiā) (Classical Chinese)
• 朝廷 (cháotíng)
• 王家 (wángjiā)
• 王朝 (wángcháo)
• 皇室 (huángshì)
• 皇朝 (huángcháo)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (王室):

• → Japanese: 王室(おうしつ) (ōshitsu)
• → Korean: 왕실(王室) (wangsil)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
王	室
おう Grade: 1	しつ Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

王(おう)室(しつ) • (ōshitsu) 

1. royal family

Korean

Hanja in this term
王	室

Noun

王室 • (wangsil) (hangeul 왕실)

1. hanja form^? of 왕실 (“royal family”)