內閣

See also: 内閣 and 内阁

Chinese

		inside; inner; internal inside; inner; internal; within; interior	council-chamber; shelf
trad. (內閣)		內	閣
simp. (内阁)		内	阁

Etymology

Originally an alias of 文淵閣, an imperial library of the Ming Dynasty, where the Grand Secretariat was based. The word for "cabinet", as in the modern sense, was first repurposed in 1844 by Samuel Wells Williams' publication of English and Chinese Vocabulary in the Court Dialect.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nèigé

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄟˋ ㄍㄜˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): noi⁶ gok³
Eastern Min (BUC): nô̤i-gó̤h
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lōe-koh / lōe-kok / lāi-koh / lǎi-koh / lāi-kok

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nèigé
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄟˋ ㄍㄜˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nèigé
  - Wade–Giles: nei⁴-ko²
  - Yale: nèi-gé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neyger
  - Palladius: нэйгэ (nɛjgɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /neɪ̯⁵¹ kɤ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: noi⁶ gok³
  - Yale: noih gok
  - Cantonese Pinyin: noi⁶ gok⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: noi⁶ gog³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɔːi̯²² kɔːk̚³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: nô̤i-gó̤h
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nˡøy²⁴²⁻⁵³ ^(k-)ɔʔ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lōe-koh
  - Tâi-lô: luē-koh
  - Phofsit Daibuun: loexkoiq
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lue³³⁻²¹ kɤʔ³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lue³³⁻¹¹ koʔ³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lue⁴¹⁻²² koʔ⁵/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lue²²⁻²¹ koʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lōe-kok
  - Tâi-lô: luē-kok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: loexkog
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lue²²⁻²¹ kɔk̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāi-koh
  - Tâi-lô: lāi-koh
  - Phofsit Daibuun: laixkoiq
  - IPA (Taipei): /lai³³⁻¹¹ koʔ³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lai³³⁻²¹ kɤʔ³²/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lai²²⁻²¹ koʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lǎi-koh
  - Tâi-lô: lǎi-koh
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lai²² koʔ⁵/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāi-kok
  - Tâi-lô: lāi-kok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: laixkog
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lai²²⁻²¹ kɔk̚³²/

Noun

內閣

cabinet (of a government)
(historical) Grand Secretariat (in the Ming and Qing dynasties)

Derived terms

內閣制／内阁制
內閣總理／内阁总理
影子內閣／影子内阁 (yǐngzi nèigé)
看守內閣／看守内阁
聯合內閣／联合内阁
聯立內閣／联立内阁
責任內閣／责任内阁
超然內閣／超然内阁
過渡內閣／过渡内阁

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (內閣):

→ Japanese: 内閣(ないかく) (naikaku)
→ Korean: 내각(內閣) (naegak)
→ Vietnamese: nội các (內閣)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
內	閣
ない Hyōgaiji	かく Grade: 6
on’yomi

Noun

內(ない)閣(かく) • (naikaku)

Kyūjitai form of 内閣 (“cabinet”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
內	閣

Noun

內閣 • (naegak) (hangeul 내각)

Hanja form^? of 내각 (“cabinet (of a government)”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
內	閣

Noun

內閣

chữ Hán form of nội các (“cabinet (of a government)”).

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