奸臣

See also: 姦臣

Chinese

		traitor	statesman; vassal; courtier statesman; vassal; courtier; minister; official
trad. (奸臣/姦臣)		奸/姦	臣
simp. (奸臣)		奸	臣

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiānchén

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢㄔㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaan¹ san⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kiên-sṳ̀n / kiân-sṳ̀n
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): kan-sîn

(Teochew, Peng'im): gang¹ cing⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiānchén
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢㄔㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jianchén
  - Wade–Giles: chien¹-chʻên²
  - Yale: jyān-chén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jianchern
  - Palladius: цзяньчэнь (czjanʹčɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕjɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaan¹ san⁴
  - Yale: gāan sàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaan¹ san⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: gan¹ sen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːn⁵⁵ sɐn²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiên-sṳ̀n
  - Hakka Romanization System: gien´ siinˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gian¹ sin²
  - Sinological IPA: /ki̯en²⁴ sɨn¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiân-sṳ̀n
  - Hakka Romanization System: gian´ siinˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gian¹ sin²
  - Sinological IPA: /ki̯an²⁴ sɨn¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kan-sîn
  - Tâi-lô: kan-sîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kansiin
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kan⁴⁴⁻²² ɕin²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kan³³ ɕin²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kan⁴⁴⁻²² ɕin¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kan⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕin²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kan⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕin²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gang¹ cing⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kang tshîng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaŋ³³⁻²³ t͡sʰiŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

奸臣

(historical) an evil government minister

Adjective

奸臣

(Hakka, Min Nan) crafty and treacherous

Descendants

→ Thai: กังฉิน (gang-chǐn) (via Teochew)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
奸	臣
かん Hyōgaiji	しん Grade: 4
on’yomi

Alternative forms

姦臣 (may be proscribed)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 奸臣 (MC kɑn d͡ʑiɪn).

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Kan’on

(Tokyo) かんしん [kàńshíń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [kã̠ɰ̃ɕĩɴ]

Noun

奸(かん)臣(しん) • (kanshin)

a treacherous vassal, retainer, or subject

Antonyms

忠臣(ちゅうしん) (chūshin, “loyal vassal”)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
奸	臣

Noun

奸臣 • (gansin) (hangeul 간신)

Hanja form^? of 간신 (“villainous vassal”).

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