廷尉

Chinese

		palace courtyard	milit. official; to quiet
trad. (廷尉)		廷	尉
simp. ^#(廷尉)		廷	尉

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tíngwèi

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄥˊ ㄨㄟˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tíngwèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄥˊ ㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tíngwèi
  - Wade–Giles: tʻing²-wei⁴
  - Yale: tíng-wèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyngwey
  - Palladius: тинвэй (tinvɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiŋ³⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹/

Noun

廷尉

(historical) A minister of the Han dynasty (variously translated) who headed most of the judicial system.

Synonyms

司寇 (sīkòu) (Zhou), 大理 (dàlǐ) (medieval), 刑部尚書／刑部尚书 (Ming)

Hyponyms

九卿 (Jiǔqīng)

Coordinate terms

刑部 (Xíngbù)

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