特使

Chinese

		special; unusual; extraordinary special; unusual; extraordinary; male animal	to make; to cause; to enable to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; messenger
trad. (特使)		特	使
simp. #(特使)		特	使

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tèshǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄜˋ ㄕˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dak⁶ si³ / dak⁶ si⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): te̍k-sài / tia̍k-sài

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tèshǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄜˋ ㄕˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tèshǐh
    • Wade–Giles: tʻê⁴-shih³
    • Yale: tè-shř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tehshyy
    • Palladius: тэши (tɛši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɤ⁵¹ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dak⁶ si³ / dak⁶ si⁵
    • Yale: dahk si / dahk síh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dak⁹ si³ / dak⁹ si⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: deg⁶ xi³ / deg⁶ xi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐk̚² siː³³/, /tɐk̚² siː¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: te̍k-sài
    • Tâi-lô: ti̍k-sài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: degsaix
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɪk̚⁴⁻³² sai¹¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Kaohsiung): /tiɪk̚⁴⁻³² sai²¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ sai²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tia̍k-sài
    • Tâi-lô: tia̍k-sài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diagsaix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiak̚²⁴⁻² sai⁴¹/

Noun

特使

1. special envoy; special ambassador

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (特使):

• → Japanese: 特使(とくし) (tokushi)
• → Korean: 특사(特使) (teuksa)
• → Vietnamese: đặc sứ (特使)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
特	使
とく Grade: 4	し Grade: 3
kan'on

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [to̞kɯ̟ɕi]

Noun

特(とく)使(し) • (tokushi) 

1. special envoy; special ambassador

Korean

Hanja in this term
特	使

Noun

特使 • (teuksa) (hangeul 특사)

1. hanja form^? of 특사 (“envoy, emissary; special ambassador”)