都司

Chinese

		metropolis; capital city; all metropolis; capital city; all; both (if two things are involved); entirely; even; already	company; control
simp. and trad. (都司)		都	司

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dūsī

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨ ㄙ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dūsī
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨ ㄙ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dusih
    • Wade–Giles: tu¹-ssŭ¹
    • Yale: dū-sz̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dusy
    • Palladius: дусы (dusy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/

Noun

都司

1. (archaic) short for 都指揮使司／都指挥使司 (dūzhǐhuīshǐsī), a province-level administrative authority during Ming and Qing dynasties, responsible for military affairs.