知事

Chinese

		to know; to be aware	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
simp. and trad. (知事)		知	事

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhīshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄓ ㄕˋ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ti-sū

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhīshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄓ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhihshìh
    • Wade–Giles: chih¹-shih⁴
    • Yale: jr̄-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyshyh
    • Palladius: чжиши (čžiši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 知事 知識／知识 芝士

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ti-sū
    • Tâi-lô: ti-sū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: disu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ti⁴⁴⁻²² su²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ti³³ su⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ti⁴⁴⁻²² su²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ti⁴⁴⁻³³ su³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ti⁴⁴⁻³³ su³³/

Etymology 1

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 知事(ちじ) (chiji, “governor”), which was in turn a semantic readaptation of Chinese 知事 (zhīshì, “sensible, wise”).

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 知事

1. (obsolete) magistrate or governor of a county or medium-size town during early days of the Republic of China
2. governor or magistrate of a Japanese prefecture

Etymology 2

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 知事

1. sensible; reasonable; wise

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
知	事
ち Grade: 2	じ Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

From obsolete (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Chinese 知府 (zhīfǔ, “governer or magistrate of a county or province”), which was often referred to as 知某州事 (one who knows matters concerning the county/province), which shortens to 知事.

Noun

知(ち)事(じ) • (chiji) 

1. governor