內閣

See also: 内閣ないかく and 内うち阁

Chinese

		inside; inner; internal inside; inner; internal; within; interior	council-chamber; shelf
trad. (內閣)		內	閣かく
simp. (内うち阁)		内うち	阁

Etymology

Originally an alias of 文淵ぶんえん閣かく, 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

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• 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

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

Derived terms

• 內閣制せい／内うち阁制
• 內閣總理そうり／内うち阁总理り
• 影かげ子こ內閣／影かげ子こ内ない阁 (yǐngzi nèigé)
• 看守かんしゅ內閣／看守かんしゅ内ない阁
• 聯合れんごう內閣／联合内ない阁
• 聯立れんりつ內閣／联立内ない阁
• 責任せきにん內閣／责任内ない阁
• 超然ちょうぜん內閣／超然ちょうぜん内ない阁
• 過渡かと內閣／过渡内ない阁

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (內閣):

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

Japanese

Kanji in this term
內	閣かく
ない Hyōgai	かく Grade: 6
on'yomi

Noun

內(ない)閣かく(かく) • (naikaku) 

1. Kyūjitai form of 内閣ないかく (“cabinet”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
內	閣かく

Noun

內閣 • (naegak) (hangeul 내각)

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

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
內	閣かく

Noun

內閣

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