宋朝

Chinese

		surname; name of a dynasty	morning; to face; towards morning; to face; towards; facing; direct; a dynasty; the imperial court; Korea, esp. N. Korea (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (宋朝)		宋	朝

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Sòngcháo

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄥˋ ㄔㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sung³ ciu⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Sung-chhèu
Eastern Min (BUC): Sóng-dièu
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): Sòng-tiâu

(Teochew, Peng'im): song³ ciou⁵ / song³ ciao⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Sòngcháo
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄥˋ ㄔㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Sòngcháo
  - Wade–Giles: Sung⁴-chʻao²
  - Yale: Sùng-cháu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Sonqchaur
  - Palladius: Сунчао (Sunčao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sung³ ciu⁴
  - Yale: sung chìuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sung³ tsiu⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sung³ qiu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊŋ³³ t͡sʰiːu̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Sung-chhèu
  - Hakka Romanization System: sung ceu^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sung⁴ ceu²
  - Sinological IPA: /suŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰeu̯¹¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Sóng-dièu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /suŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ^(t-)nieu⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sòng-tiâu
  - Tâi-lô: Sòng-tiâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sorngdiaau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ tiau²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tiau²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ tiau¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sɔŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ tiau²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sɔŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ tiau²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: song³ ciou⁵ / song³ ciao⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sòng tshiôu / sòng tshiâu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /soŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰiou⁵⁵/, /soŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰiau⁵⁵/

Note:

song3 ciou5 - Chaozhou;
song3 ciao5 - Shantou, Jieyang, Chaoyang.

Proper noun

宋朝

the Song dynasty

Dynasties (朝代) in Chinese history
Name	Time period	Divisions
Xia 夏 (～朝, ～代)	2070 – 1600 BCE
Shang 商 (～朝, ～代) 殷 (～朝, ～代)	1600 – 1046 BCE
Zhou 周 (～朝, ～代)	1046 – 256 BCE	Western Zhou 西周
		Eastern Zhou 東周 / 东周	Spring and Autumn period 春秋
		Eastern Zhou 東周 / 东周	Warring States period 戰國 / 战国
Qin 秦 (～朝, ～代)	221 – 206 BCE
Han 漢 / 汉 (～朝, ～代)	206 BCE – 220 C.E.	Western Han 西漢 / 西汉
		Xin 新 (～朝)
		Eastern Han 東漢 / 东汉
Three Kingdoms 三國 / 三国	220 – 280 C.E.	Wei 魏
		Shu Han 蜀漢 / 蜀汉
		Wu 吳 / 吴
Jin 晉 / 晋 (～朝, ～代)	265 – 420 C.E.	Western Jin 西晉 / 西晋
Jin 晉 / 晋 (～朝, ～代)	265 – 420 C.E.	Eastern Jin 東晉 / 东晋
Southern and Northern dynasties 南北朝	420 – 589 C.E.	Northern dynasties 北朝	Northern Wei 北魏
			Western Wei 西魏
			Eastern Wei 東魏 / 东魏
			Northern Zhou 北周
			Northern Qi 北齊 / 北齐
		Southern dynasties 南朝	Liu Song 劉宋 / 刘宋
			Southern Qi 南齊 / 南齐
			Liang 梁 (～朝, ～代)
			Chen 陳 / 陈 (～朝, ～代)
Sui 隋 (～朝, ～代)	581 – 618 C.E.
Tang 唐 (～朝, ～代)	618 – 907 C.E.
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms 五代十國 / 五代十国	907 – 960 C.E.
Liao 遼 / 辽 (～朝, ～代)	907 – 1125 C.E.
Song 宋 (～朝, ～代)	960 – 1279 C.E.	Northern Song 北宋
Song 宋 (～朝, ～代)	960 – 1279 C.E.	Southern Song 南宋
Western Xia 西夏	1038 – 1227 C.E.
Jin 金 (～朝, ～代)	1115 – 1234 C.E.
Western Liao 西遼 / 西辽	1124 – 1218 C.E.
Yuan 元 (～朝, ～代)	1271 – 1368 C.E.
Ming 明 (～朝, ～代)	1368 – 1644 C.E.
Qing 清 (～朝, ～代)	1636 – 1912 C.E.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
宋	朝
そう Jinmeiyō	ちょう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [so̞ːt͡ɕo̞ː]

Proper noun

宋(そう)朝(ちょう) • (Sōchō)

Song dynasty

Derived terms

宋朝体

Chinese

Pronunciation

Proper noun

See also

Japanese

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Derived terms