御用

御用

Chinese

		defend; imperial; to drive	to use
simp. and trad. (御用)		御	用

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yùyòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ ㄩㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁶ jung⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): gīr-iōng / gū-iōng / gī-iōng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yùyòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˋ ㄩㄥˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiwyonq
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yùyòng
    • IPA ^(key): /y˥˩꜒꜔ jʊŋ˥˩/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁶ jung⁶
    • Yale: yuh yuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁶ jung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁶ yung⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /jyː˨ jʊŋ˨/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gīr-iōng
    • Tâi-lô: gīr-iōng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /gɯ˦˩꜕꜕ iɔŋ˦˩/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gū-iōng
    • Tâi-lô: gū-iōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: guxiong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /gu˨˨꜕꜖ iɔŋ˨˨/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /gu˧˧꜕꜖ iɔŋ˧˧/
    • IPA (Taipei): /gu˧˧꜖꜖ iɔŋ˧˧/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gī-iōng
    • Tâi-lô: gī-iōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gixiong
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /gi˧˧꜕꜖ iɔŋ˧˧/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /gi˨˨꜕꜖ iɔŋ˨˨/
    • IPA (Taipei): /gi˧˧꜖꜖ iɔŋ˧˧/

Adjective

御用

1. (historical) for imperial use; for the use of an emperor
2. for the use of some specific people or organizations

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
御	用
ご Grade: S	よう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ごよ​ー [gòyóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ɡo̞jo̞ː]

Noun

御用 (hiragana ごよう, rōmaji go-yō)

1. job, business for to do for someone

   御用 (ごよう)はありますか？

   Go-yō wa arimasu ka?

   Can I help?

2. arrest

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN