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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: shàngyuàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄩㄢˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqyuann
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ y̯ɛn⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    上苑
    上院
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: soeng⁶ jyun^6-2
  - Yale: seuhng yún
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁶ jyn^6-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁶ yun²
  - IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²² jyːn²²⁻³⁵/

Noun

上院

Synonym of 上議院／上议院 (shàngyìyuàn).

Antonyms

下院 (xiàyuàn)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
上	院
じょう Grade: 1	いん Grade: 3
on’yomi

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)

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)

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