九卿

jiǔqīng
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 the Nine Ministers, heads of the main government departments below the Three Excellencies

Examples

HSK 6
Tā yìshēng zuòguān, zuìhòu guān zhì jiǔqīng.
He served as an official all his life and finally rose to be one of the Nine Ministers.
HSK 7-9
Hàncháo de zhōngyāng zhèngfǔ yóu sāngōng hé jiǔqīng zǔchéng.
The Han central government was made up of the Three Excellencies and the Nine Ministers.

Tips

history
The nine posts changed from dynasty to dynasty. Under the Han they included the 光禄勋, who ran the palace guard and attendants. Later dynasties kept 九卿 as a general name for the top ministers.

Stroke Order

九 jiǔ
卿 qīng