樞機

See also: 枢机

Chinese

		hinge; pivot	machine; opportunity; secret
trad. (樞機)		樞	機
simp. (枢机)		枢	机

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shūjī

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨ ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syu¹ gei¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): su-ki / chhu-ki

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shūjī
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨ ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuji
    • Wade–Giles: shu¹-chi¹
    • Yale: shū-jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuji
    • Palladius: шуцзи (šuczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syu¹ gei¹
    • Yale: syū gēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sy¹ gei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xu¹ géi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syː⁵⁵ kei̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-ki
    • Tâi-lô: su-ki
    • Phofsit Daibuun: su'ky
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /su³³ ki³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /su⁴⁴⁻²² ki⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhu-ki
    • Tâi-lô: tshu-ki
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhu'ky
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰu⁴⁴⁻³³ ki⁴⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 樞機

1. key government post; vital public office
2. crucial element
3. (Christianity) cardinal