吏部

Chinese

		minor official	ministry; department; section ministry; department; section; part; division; troops; board; (a measure word); (a measure word for works of literature, films, machines, etc.)
simp. and trad. (吏部)		吏	部

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Lìbù

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ ㄅㄨˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Lìbù
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ ㄅㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Lìbù
    • Wade–Giles: Li⁴-pu⁴
    • Yale: Lì-bù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Lihbuh
    • Palladius: Либу (Libu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹/

Proper noun

吏部

1. (historical politics) The imperial Chinese Ministry of Personnel

Hypernyms

• 六部 (Liùbù), 三省六部 (Sānshěng Liùbù); 尚書省／尚书省

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (吏部):

• → Japanese: 吏(り)部(ぶ) (Ribu)
• → Korean: 이부(吏部) (Ibu)
• → Vietnamese: Lại bộ (吏部)

Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
吏	部
り Grade: S	ほう Grade: 3
kan'on

Alternative spelling
李部

Kanji in this term
吏	部
り Grade: S	ぶ Grade: 3
goon

Alternative spelling
李部

Middle Chinese 吏部

Proper noun

吏(り)部(ぶ) or 吏(り)部(ほう) • (Ribu or Rihō) 

1. (of feudal Japan) Synonym of 式部省 (“Ministry of Ceremonial Affairs”) (designation by the Chinese)
2. (history, government, of feudal China) the Ministry of Personnel

See also

• 六(りく)部(ぶ) (Rikubu)

Korean

Hanja in this term
吏	部

Proper noun

吏部 • (Ibu) (hangeul 이부)

1. hanja form^? of 이부

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
吏	部

Proper noun

吏部

1. chữ Hán form of Lại bộ.