私塾

Chinese

		personal; private; selfish	private tutorage
simp. and trad. (私塾)		私	塾

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sīshú

  (Zhuyin): ㄙ ㄕㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ suk⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sir-sio̍k / su-sio̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sīshú
    • Zhuyin: ㄙ ㄕㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sihshú
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ¹-shu²
    • Yale: sz̄-shú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syshwu
    • Palladius: сышу (syšu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵⁵ ʂu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si¹ suk⁶
    • Yale: sī suhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ suk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ sug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ sʊk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sir-sio̍k
    • Tâi-lô: sir-sio̍k
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ³³ siɔk̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-sio̍k
    • Tâi-lô: su-sio̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: susiok
    • IPA (Xiamen): /su⁴⁴⁻²² siɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /su⁴⁴⁻²² siɔk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ siɔk̚⁴/

Noun

私塾

1. (historical) traditional Chinese private school where classical literature and Confucianism used to be taught

Synonyms

• (Cantonese, colloquial) 卜卜齋／卜卜斋
• (Hokkien) 學仔／学仔

Related terms

• 塾師／塾师 (shúshī)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (私塾):

• → Japanese: 私(し)塾(じゅく) (shijuku)
• → Korean: 사숙(私塾) (sasuk)
• → Vietnamese: tư thục (私塾)