御三家

Chinese

		defend; imperial; to drive	three	home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
trad. (御三家)		御	三	家
simp. ^#(御三家)		御	三	家

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 御(ご)三(さん)家(け) (gosanke).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yùsānjiā

(Zhuyin): ㄩˋ ㄙㄢㄐㄧㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁶ saam¹ gaa¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yùsānjiā
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˋ ㄙㄢㄐㄧㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yùsanjia
  - Wade–Giles: yü⁴-san¹-chia¹
  - Yale: yù-sān-jyā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuhsanjia
  - Palladius: юйсаньцзя (jujsanʹczja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹ sän⁵⁵ t͡ɕjä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyu⁶ saam¹ gaa¹
  - Yale: yuh sāam gā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁶ saam¹ gaa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yu⁶ sam¹ ga¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²² saːm⁵⁵ kaː⁵⁵/

Noun

御三家

the most noble three branches of the Tokugawa clan
- 求愛敢死隊我屬御三家 [Cantonese, trad.]
  求爱敢死队我属御三家 [Cantonese, simp.]
  From: 1985, 許冠傑 (lyrics), 《日本娃娃》, in 《最緊要好玩》, performed by 許冠傑
  kau⁴ oi³ gam² sei² deoi^6-2 ngo⁵ suk⁶ jyu⁶ saam¹ gaa¹ [Jyutping]
  if it's willing to dying for love, I'm one of the Gosanke

Japanese

Kanji in this term
御	三	家
ご Grade: S	さん Grade: 1	け Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

On’yomi

(Tokyo) ごさんけ [gòsáꜜǹkè] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
IPA^(key): [ɡo̞sã̠ŋke̞]

Noun

御(ご)三(さん)家(け) • (gosanke)

the most noble three branches of the Tokugawa clan (徳(とく)川(がわ)氏(し) (Tokugawa-shi)): 尾張(おわり) (Owari), 紀伊(きい) (Kī), and 水戸(みと) (Mito)
(figuratively) the "big three"

Related terms

四天王 (“a famous quartet”)

References

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

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