叔季

Chinese

		uncle in direct address	season; period
simp. and trad. (叔季)		叔	季

Etymology

Duke Huan of Lu (711 BCE - 694 BCE) had four sons. His oldest son, Duke Zhuang of Lu, succeeded his father. Two of his other three sons were: Shu Ya (叔牙) and Ji You (季友). Both of them became the patriarchs of powerful landlord families that later came to be used as a metaphor for those who monopolize power.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shūjì, shújì

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄐㄧˋ, ㄕㄨˊ ㄐㄧˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
  - Pinyin: shūjì
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄐㄧˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shujih
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    叔季
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- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: shújì
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˊ ㄐㄧˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shwujih
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂu³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹/

Noun

叔季

(archaic) those who monopolize power

Proper noun

叔季

(archaic) the House of the Descendants of Shu Ya (died 662 BCE) and the House of the Descendants of Ji You (died 644 BCE)

References

三桓 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh
Luo, Guanzhong (14th century) Annotated Romance of the Three Kingdoms/Chapter 13, page 161, note 5 (in Mandarin), published 1994, →ISBN

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