繼室

Chinese

		to continue; to follow after; then to continue; to follow after; then; afterwards; to go on with; to succeed; to inherit	room
trad. (繼室)		繼	室
simp. (继室)		继	室
Literally: “successor wife”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìshì, jìshǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˋ ㄕˋ, ㄐㄧˋ ㄕˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gai³ sat¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìshìh
    • Wade–Giles: chi⁴-shih⁴
    • Yale: jì-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jihshyh
    • Palladius: цзиши (cziši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìshǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ ㄕˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìshǐh
    • Wade–Giles: chi⁴-shih³
    • Yale: jì-shř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jihshyy
    • Palladius: цзиши (cziši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gai³ sat¹
    • Yale: gai sāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gai³ sat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: gei³ sed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐi̯³³ sɐt̚⁵/

Noun

繼室

1. (literary) second wife