三公

Chinese

		three	just; honorable; public just; honorable; public; common; fair; duke; mister
simp. and trad. (三公)		三	公

Etymology

Starting in the Zhou Dynasty, the three highest civil posts were: 太師／太师 (tàishī), 太傅 (tàifù), 太保 (tàibǎo). In the Eastern Han Dynasty, the three positions were: 太尉 (tàiwèi) (Grand Commandant), 司徒 (sītú) (Minister over the Masses) and 司空 (sīkōng) (Minister of Works). Later on, the three positions were discontinued, and their duties were folded into the position of 丞相 (chéngxiàng) (chancellor of China).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sāngōng

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄢㄍㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ gung¹
Min Nan (POJ): sam-kong

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: sāngōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄢㄍㄨㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sangong
  - IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: saam¹ gung¹
  - Yale: sāam gūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ gung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ gung¹
  - IPA ^(key): /säːm⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sam-kong
  - Tâi-lô: sam-kong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: samkofng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sam⁴⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sam³³ kɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sam⁴⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sam⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sam⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴⁴/

Proper noun

三公

(archaic) three highest-ranking civil officials in the imperial court

See also

三司 (sānsī)

References

Chancellor of China on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
圖解三國時代, p. 107 and 250, →ISBN

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