上司

Chinese

		up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	company; control
simp. and trad. (上司)		上	司

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàngsī

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄙ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁶ si¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): siōng-su

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zion⁷ si¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàngsī → shàngsi (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄙ → ㄕㄤˋ ˙ㄙ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàngsi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: shang⁴-ssŭ⁵
    • Yale: shàng-sz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanq.sy
    • Palladius: шансы (šansy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ sz̩⁵⁵/ → /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ sz̩¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁶ si¹
    • Yale: seuhng sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁶ si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁶ xi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²² siː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōng-su
    • Tâi-lô: siōng-su
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioxngsw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɔŋ²²⁻²¹ su⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zion⁷ si¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiōⁿ si
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sĩõ¹¹ si³³/

Noun

上司

1. boss; superior

Synonyms

• 上峰 (shàngfēng) (dated)
• 上級／上级 (shàngjí)
• 主管 (zhǔguǎn)

 

Antonyms

• 下屬／下属 (xiàshǔ)
• 下級／下级 (xiàjí)
• 下跤手 (Hokkien)
• 手下 (shǒuxià)
• 部下 (bùxià)
• 部屬／部属 (bùshǔ)
• 馬仔／马仔 (maa⁵ zai²) (Cantonese)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
上	司
じょう Grade: 1	し Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞ːɕi]

Noun

上(じょう)司(し) • (jōshi) 

1. boss