粵

衍hin2聖sing3公gung1

simp衍圣公
hin2 sing3 gung1Yǎn shèng gōng

English

  1. hereditary title bestowed on Confucius' descendants
  2. Duke Yansheng, the title of nobility bestowed on direct descendants of Confucius

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 封畀孔子家族後裔嘅世襲爵位名;1935年國民政府廢除清代嘅爵位,改「衍聖公」為「大成至聖先師奉祀官」

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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