子爵 (zǐjué): viscount (4th rank of the five…

Meanings

1 viscount (4th rank of the five Chinese noble titles)
2 (modern) viscount (in translations of European peerages)

Characters

子

zǐ

fourth-rank noble title (here)

爵

jué

noble rank

Examples

他被封为子爵。

Tā bèi fēng wéi zǐjué.

He was enfeoffed as a viscount.

古代五等爵位中，子爵排第四。

Gǔdài wǔ děng juéwèi zhōng, zǐjué pái dì-sì.

Among the five ancient noble ranks, viscount is fourth.

Tips

culture

Chinese five-tier nobility (五等爵), in descending order: 公 (gōng, duke), 侯 (hóu, marquis), 伯 (bó, count/earl), 子 (zǐ, viscount), 男 (nán, baron). The mapping to European titles became standard in late-Qing translations of European history and is now used in subtitles for British/French peerages.