御用

Chinese

		defend; imperial; to drive	to use
trad. (御用)		御	用
simp. ^#(御用)		御	用

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yùyòng

(Zhuyin): ㄩˋ ㄩㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁶ jung⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gīr-iōng / gū-iōng / gī-iōng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yùyòng
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˋ ㄩㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yùyòng
  - Wade–Giles: yü⁴-yung⁴
  - Yale: yù-yùng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuhyonq
  - Palladius: юйюн (jujjun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹⁻⁵³ jʊŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyu⁶ jung⁶
  - Yale: yuh yuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁶ jung⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yu⁶ yung⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²² jʊŋ²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gīr-iōng
  - Tâi-lô: gīr-iōng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡɯ⁴¹⁻²² iɔŋ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gū-iōng
  - Tâi-lô: gū-iōng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: guxiong
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɡu²²⁻²¹ iɔŋ²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡu³³⁻²¹ iɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡu³³⁻¹¹ iɔŋ³³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gī-iōng
  - Tâi-lô: gī-iōng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gixiong
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡi²²⁻²¹ iɔŋ²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡi³³⁻²¹ iɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡi³³⁻¹¹ iɔŋ³³/

Verb

御用

(historical) to be for imperial use; to be for the use of an emperor
to be for the use of some specific people or organizations

Japanese

Kanji in this term
御	用
ご Grade: S	よう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ごよー [gòyóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɡo̞jo̞ː]

Noun

御(ご)用(よう) • (go-yō)

job, business for to do for someone
御用(ごよう)はありますか？何(なに)か御用(ごよう)ですか？
Go-yō wa arimasu ka? Nanika goyō desu ka?
Can I help you?
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References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN