道士

Chinese

		direction; way; method direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk	scholar; warrior; knight
trad. (道士)		道	士
simp. #(道士)		道	士

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàoshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dou⁶ si^6-2 / dou⁶ si⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tō-sū

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàoshì → dàoshi (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ ㄕˋ → ㄉㄠˋ ˙ㄕ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàoshi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: tao⁴-shih⁵
    • Yale: dàu-shr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daw.shyh
    • Palladius: даоши (daoši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/ → /tɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʂʐ̩¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dou⁶ si^6-2 / dou⁶ si⁶
    • Yale: douh sí / douh sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dou⁶ si^6-2 / dou⁶ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: dou⁶ xi^6-2 / dou⁶ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯²² siː²²⁻³⁵/, /tou̯²² siː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tō-sū
    • Tâi-lô: tō-sū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doixsu
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɤ³³⁻²¹ su³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /to³³⁻¹¹ su³³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 道士

1. Taoist priest

Synonyms

• (humorous) 牛頭／牛头 (niútóu)
• (literary) 先生 (xiānshēng)
• (Cantonese) 喃嘸佬／喃呒佬
• (Min Nan) 師公／师公 (shīgōng)

Descendants

• → Manchu: ᡩᠣᠣᠰᡝ (doose)

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