甲士

Chinese

		1st heavenly stem; armour; shell	scholar; warrior; knight
simp. and trad. (甲士)		甲	士

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaap³ si⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎshìh
    • Wade–Giles: chia³-shih⁴
    • Yale: jyǎ-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeashyh
    • Palladius: цзяши (czjaši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaap³ si⁶
    • Yale: gaap sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaap⁸ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gab³ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːp̚³ siː²²/

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• Middle Chinese: kaep dzriX

Rime
Character	甲	士
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	崇 (20)
Final (韻)	銜 (150)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	古狎切	鉏里切
Baxter	kaep	dzriX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠap̚/	/d͡ʒɨX/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚap̚/	/ɖ͡ʐɨX/
Shao Rongfen	/kap̚/	/d͡ʒieX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaɨp̚/	/ɖ͡ʐɨX/
Li Rong	/kap̚/	/d͡ʒiəX/
Wang Li	/kap̚/	/d͡ʒĭəX/
Bernard Karlgren	/kap̚/	/ɖ͡ʐʱiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jia	zhì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gaap3	zi6

Noun

甲士

1. (archaic) soldiers clad in armor
2. (archaic) soldiers (in general)

Synonyms

• (soldiers):

• 兵人 (bīngrén) (literary)
• 兵仔 (Hakka, Hokkien)
• 兵勇 (bīngyǒng) (dated)
• 兵卒 (bīngzú) (dated)
• 兵員／兵员 (bīngyuán)
• 兵士 (bīngshì)
• 兵跤仔 (Hokkien, dated)
• 士人 (shìrén) (archaic)
• 士兵 (shìbīng)
• 士卒 (shìzú) (archaic)
• 大兵 (dàbīng) (dated, sometimes derogatory)
• 師徒／师徒 (shītú) (Classical Chinese)
• 戰士／战士 (zhànshì)
• 旌旗 (jīngqí) (figurative, literary)
• 武人 (wǔrén)
• 武士 (wǔshì)
• 武夫 (wǔfū) (literary)
• 營兵／营兵 (Hokkien, dated)
• 軍人／军人 (jūnrén)
• 軍士／军士 (jūnshì)