社稷

Chinese

		soil god	millet god
trad. (社稷)		社	稷
simp. #(社稷)		社	稷

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shèjì

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄜˋ ㄐㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): se⁵ zik¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siǎ-chiak / siā-chek

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shèjì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄜˋ ㄐㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shèjì
    • Wade–Giles: shê⁴-chi⁴
    • Yale: shè-jì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shehjih
    • Palladius: шэцзи (šɛczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: se⁵ zik¹
    • Yale: séh jīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: se⁵ dzik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: sé⁵ jig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛː¹³ t͡sɪk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siǎ-chiak
    • Tâi-lô: siǎ-tsiak
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sia²² t͡siak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siā-chek
    • Tâi-lô: siā-tsik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siaxzeg
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sia³³⁻²¹ t͡siɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sia²²⁻²¹ t͡siɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sia³³⁻¹¹ t͡siɪk̚³²/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 社稷

1. (Classical Chinese, literally) gods of the soil and harvest (as worshipped by the aristocracy in ancient China)
2. (Classical Chinese, metonymically) nation; country

Synonyms

• (nation): 國度／国度 (guódù), 國家／国家 (guójiā)

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
社	稷
しゃ Grade: 2	しょく Hyōgai
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
社稷 (kyūjitai)

Noun

社(しゃ)稷(しょく) • (shashoku) 

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Korean

Hanja in this term
社	稷

Noun

社稷 • (sajik) (hangeul 사직)

1. hanja form^? of 사직 (“gods of soil and grain”)