進士

See also: 进士

Chinese

		advance; enter; to come in	scholar; warrior; knight
trad. (進士)		進	士
simp. (进士)		进	士
Literally: “advanced scholar”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìnshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zeon³ si⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chìn-sū

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìnshì → jìnshi (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄕˋ → ㄐㄧㄣˋ ˙ㄕ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìnshi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: chin⁴-shih⁵
    • Yale: jìn-shr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinn.shyh
    • Palladius: цзиньши (czinʹši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/ → /t͡ɕin⁵¹ ʂʐ̩¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zeon³ si⁶
    • Yale: jeun sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoen³ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zên³ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵn³³ siː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chìn-sū
    • Tâi-lô: tsìn-sū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciensu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sin²¹⁻⁵³ su²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sin⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ su⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sin²¹⁻⁵³ su²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sin¹¹⁻⁵³ su³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sin²¹⁻⁴¹ su³³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 進士

1. (historical) “advanced” or “entered graduate”, a scholar who had successfully passed the highest level of the Chinese imperial examinations (殿試), usually held triennially at the imperial court

Synonyms

• 本科 (běnkē)

Hyponyms

• 進士及第／进士及第 (jìnshì jídì), 進士出身／进士出身 (jìnshì chūshēn), 同進士出身／同进士出身 (tóng jìnshì chūshēng), 狀元／状元 (zhuàngyuan), 榜眼 (bǎngyǎn), 探花 (tànhuā)

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
進	士

Noun

進士

1. chữ Hán form of tiến sĩ (“doctor”).