佞臣

Chinese

		eloquent; talent	statesman; vassal; courtier statesman; vassal; courtier; minister; official
trad. (佞臣)		佞	臣
simp. ^#(佞臣)		佞	臣

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nìngchén

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄥˋ ㄔㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ning⁶ san⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nìngchén
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄥˋ ㄔㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nìngchén
  - Wade–Giles: ning⁴-chʻên²
  - Yale: nìng-chén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ninqchern
  - Palladius: нинчэнь (ninčɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /niŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ning⁶ san⁴
  - Yale: nihng sàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ning⁶ san⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ning⁶ sen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɪŋ²² sɐn²¹/

Middle Chinese: nengH dzyin

Rime
Character	佞	臣
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	泥 (8)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	青 (125)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	III
Fanqie	乃定切	植鄰切
Baxter	nengH	dzyin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/neŋ^H/	/d͡ʑiɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/neŋ^H/	/d͡ʑin/
Shao Rongfen	/nɛŋ^H/	/d͡ʑjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/nɛjŋ^H/	/d͡ʑin/
Li Rong	/neŋ^H/	/ʑiĕn/
Wang Li	/nieŋ^H/	/ʑĭĕn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/nieŋ^H/	/ʑi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	nìng	chén
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ning⁶	san⁴

Noun

佞臣

(literary) evil and crafty minister
- 臣願賜尚方斬馬劍，斷佞臣一人以厲其餘。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  臣愿赐尚方斩马剑，断佞臣一人以厉其余。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE
  Chén yuàn cì shàngfāng zhǎnmǎjiàn, duàn nìngchén yīrén yǐ lì qí yú. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)