三省六部

三省六部

Chinese

			the Six Ministries of medieval and early modern imperial China: Personnel, Revenue, War, Rites, Public Works, and Justice
simp. and trad. (三省六部)		三省	六部

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Sānshěng Liùbù

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄕㄥˇ ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄅㄨˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Sānshěng Liùbù
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄕㄥˇ ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄅㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Sanshěng Liòubù
    • Wade–Giles: San¹-shêng³ Liu⁴-pu⁴
    • Yale: Sān-shěng Lyòu-bù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Sansheeng Liowbuh
    • Palladius: Саньшэн Любу (Sanʹšɛn Ljubu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ljoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹/

Proper noun

三省六部

1. (historical) the Three Departments and Six Ministries system (the main central government structure in imperial China from the Sui dynasty to the Yuan dynasty, and some other Asian polities)

Related terms

• 三公九卿 (Sāngōng Jiǔqīng)