上院

上院

Chinese

		up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	courtyard; institution
simp. and trad. (上院)		上	院

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàngyuàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄩㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁶ jyun^6-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: shàngyuàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄩㄢˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqyuann
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ y̯ɛn⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁶ jyun^6-2
    • Yale: seuhng yún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁶ jyn^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁶ yun²
    • IPA ^(key): /sœ̽ːŋ²² jyːn²²⁻³⁵/

Noun

上院

1. Synonym of 上議院／上议院 (shàngyìyuàn).

Antonyms

• 下院 (xiàyuàn)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
上	院
じょう Grade: 1	いん Grade: 3
goon	kan’yōon

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) じょーいん [jòóíń] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞ːĩɴ]
  • Homophones: 冗員, 剰員, 定印, 乗員, 浄院, 常飲, 畳韻

Noun

上院 (hiragana じょういん, rōmaji jōin, historical hiragana じやうゐん)

1. an upper house

   アメリカ合 (がっ)衆 (しゅう)国 (こく)上 (じょう)院 (いん)

   Amerika Gasshūkoku Jōin

   the United States Senate

See also

• 議 (ぎ)会 (かい) (gikai)
• 下 (か)院 (いん) (kain)