公卿

gōngqīng
high-ranking officials in the court of a Chinese emperor

CEDICT

  1. (literary) generic term for all of the high-level ministers and officials within the government
  2. (literary) the Three Excellencies and Nine Ministers
  3. generic term for all of the high-level ministers and officials within the government
  4. the Three Excellencies and Nine Ministers

Wiktionary

  1. 三公九卿的简称。
  2. 比喻高位、高官。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 公 gōng
  1. public
  2. collectively owned
  3. common
  4. international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar)
  5. make public
  6. fair
  7. just
  8. Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 wǔděngjuéwèi
  9. honorable (gentlemen)
  10. father-in-law
  11. male (animal)
2 卿 qīng
  1. high ranking official (old)
  2. term of endearment between spouses (old)
  3. (from the Tang Dynasty onwards) term used by the emperor for his subjects (old)
  4. honorific (old)

Containing this entry

王侯公卿 wánghóugōngqīng aristocracy