尚方寶劍

Chinese

			treasured straight sword; double-edged sword
trad. (尚方寶劍)		尚方	寶劍
simp. (尚方宝剑)		尚方	宝剑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàngfāng bǎojiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄈㄤ ㄅㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁶ fong¹ bou² gim³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàngfāng bǎojiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄈㄤ ㄅㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàngfang bǎojiàn
    • Wade–Giles: shang⁴-fang¹ pao³-chien⁴
    • Yale: shàng-fāng bǎu-jyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqfang baojiann
    • Palladius: шанфан баоцзянь (šanfan baoczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ fɑŋ⁵⁵ pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁶ fong¹ bou² gim³
    • Yale: seuhng fōng bóu gim
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁶ fong¹ bou² gim³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁶ fong¹ bou² gim³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²² fɔːŋ⁵⁵ pou̯³⁵ kiːm³³/

Noun

尚方寶劍

1. (historical) imperial sword
2. a permission allowing someone to exercise another person's power arbitrarily (or something certifying this permission)