太守

Chinese

		too (much); very; extremely too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest	to guard
simp. and trad. (太守)		太	守
Literally: “great watchman or overseer”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tàishǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˋ ㄕㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taai³ sau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tàishǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˋ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tàishǒu
    • Wade–Giles: tʻai⁴-shou³
    • Yale: tài-shǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tayshoou
    • Palladius: тайшоу (tajšou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taai³ sau²
    • Yale: taai sáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taai³ sau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: tai³ seo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːi̯³³ sɐu̯³⁵/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 太守

1. (historical) Grand Administrator or governor, the official overseeing a commandery (郡) in imperial China between the Han and Tang dynasties

See also

• 郡守 (jùnshǒu) (the equivalent position under the Zhou and Qin dynasties)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
太	守
たい Grade: 2	しゅ Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

太(たい)守(しゅ) • (taishu) 

1. viceroy
2. satrap

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
太	守

Noun

太守

1. chữ Hán form of thái thú (“governor”).