# 至尊
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhìzūn
    (Zhuyin): ㄓˋ ㄗㄨㄣ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zi$^3$ zyun$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ-chûn
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chì-chun
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhìzūn
*** Zhuyin: ㄓˋ ㄗㄨㄣ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhìhzun
*** Wade–Giles: chih$^4$-tsun$^1$
*** Yale: jr̀-dzwūn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyhtzuen
*** Palladius: чжицзунь (čžiczunʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡su̯ən⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zi$^3$ zyun$^1$
*** Yale: ji jyūn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzi$^3$ dzyn$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ji$^3$ jun$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siː³³ t͡syːn⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ-chûn
*** Hakka Romanization System: zii zun$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: zi$^4$ zun$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ⁵⁵ t͡sun²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chì-chun
*** Tâi-lô: tsì-tsun
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ciezwn
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡si²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sun⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡si⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sun³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡si²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sun⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡si¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sun⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡si²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sun⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: tsyijH tswon
Rime :
| Character | 至 | 尊 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 章 (23) | 精 (13) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (15) | 魂 (55) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Closed |
| Division (等) | III | I |
| Fanqie | 脂利切 | 祖昆切 |
| Baxter | tsyijH | tswon |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ɕiɪ$^H$/ | /t͡suən/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡ɕi$^H$/ | /t͡suon/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ɕjɪ$^H$/ | /t͡suən/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ci$^H$/ | /t͡swən/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ɕi$^H$/ | /t͡suən/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ɕi$^H$/ | /t͡suən/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /t͡ɕi$^H$/ | /t͡suən/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhì | zūn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zi$^3$ | zyun$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*ti[t]-s [ts]ˤu[n]/
    (Zhengzhang): /*tjiɡs ʔsuːn/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 至 | 尊 | 尊 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | zhì | zūn | zūn |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ tsyij$^H$ › | ‹ tswon › | ‹ tswon › |
| Old Chinese | /*ti[t]-s/ | /*[ts]ˁu[n]/ | /*[ts]ˁu[n]/ |
| English | arrive | honor (v.) | wine-cup |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 至 | 尊 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 17342 | 17984 |
| Phonetic component | 至 | 尊 |
| Rime group | 至 | 文 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 至 | 尊 |
| Old Chinese | /*tjiɡs/ | /*ʔsuːn/ |

### Adjective

至尊
* most revered and respected

#### Derived terms

* 至尊至貴／至尊至贵

### Noun

至尊
* (chiefly historical) the most revered person or thing; His Majesty; His Royal Highness; the emperor

### Descendants

* → Japanese: 至(し)尊(そん) (shison)
* → Korean: 지존(至尊) (jijon)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 至 | 尊 |
| し Grade: 6 | そん Grade: 6 |
| on'yomi ||

### Noun

至(し)尊(そん) • (shison)
* extreme reverence
* highly revered person
* the Emperor