使者

Japanese

Kanji in this term
使	者

Noun

使者 (hiragana ししゃ, romaji shisha)

1. a herald, a messenger
2. an emissary, an envoy

Synonyms

• 布告者 (“herald”) (a person)
• 前触れ (“herald”) (figurative)
• 伝令官 (でんれいかん, denreikan)

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Mandarin

simpl. and trad.
使者

Noun

使者 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin shǐzhě)

1. a herald, a messenger
2. an emissary, an envoy

References

• 1985, Jingrong (ed.) Wu, The Pinyin CHINESE-ENGLISH DICTIONARY (in Mandarin/English), Beijing, Hong Kong: The Commercial Press, ISBN 0471867969:
• "使者" (in Mandarin/English), Dr. eye. URL accessed on 2009-01-03.