居士

Chinese

		reside	scholar; warrior; knight
simp. and trad. (居士)		居	士

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jūshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): geoi¹ si⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ki-sū / ku-sū

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jūshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyushìh
    • Wade–Giles: chü¹-shih⁴
    • Yale: jyū-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiushyh
    • Palladius: цзюйши (czjujši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: geoi¹ si⁶
    • Yale: gēui sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: goey¹ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gêu¹ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɵy̯⁵⁵ siː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki-sū / ku-sū
    • Tâi-lô: ki-sū / ku-sū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kisu, kusu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ki⁴⁴⁻²² su²²/, /ku⁴⁴⁻²² su²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ki³³ su⁴¹/, /ku³³ su⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki⁴⁴⁻²² su²²/, /ku⁴⁴⁻²² su²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ki⁴⁴⁻³³ su³³/, /ku⁴⁴⁻³³ su³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki⁴⁴⁻³³ su³³/, /ku⁴⁴⁻³³ su³³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 居士

1. (Buddhism) householder
2. retired scholar