代議士

See also: 代议士

Chinese

		to represent others in the parliament	scholar; warrior; knight
trad. (代議士)		代議	士
simp. (代议士)		代议	士

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 代(だい)議(ぎ)士(し) (daigishi).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàiyìshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄞˋ ㄧˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): doi⁶ ji⁵ si⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tāi-gī-sū

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàiyìshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄞˋ ㄧˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàiyìshìh
    • Wade–Giles: tai⁴-i⁴-shih⁴
    • Yale: dài-yì-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dayyihshyh
    • Palladius: дайиши (dajiši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: doi⁶ ji⁵ si⁶
    • Yale: doih yíh sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: doi⁶ ji⁵ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: doi⁶ yi⁵ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔːi̯²² jiː¹³ siː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-gī-sū
    • Tâi-lô: tāi-gī-sū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daixgixsu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tai²²⁻²¹ ɡi²²⁻²¹ su²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tai⁴¹⁻²² ɡi⁴¹⁻²² su⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tai²²⁻²¹ ɡi²²⁻²¹ su²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tai³³⁻¹¹ ɡi³³⁻¹¹ su³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai³³⁻²¹ ɡi³³⁻²¹ su³³/

Noun

代議士

1. (Taiwan, Hong Kong) Synonym of 民意代表 (mínyì dàibiǎo, “elected representative”)

References

• Shi, Youwei (史有为), chief ed., 商务印书馆辞书研究中心, ed. (2019). Xinhua Wailaici Cidian (新华外来词词典). Beijing: The Commerical Press. →ISBN.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
代	議	士
だい Grade: 3	ぎ Grade: 4	し Grade: 5
on’yomi

Noun

代(だい)議(ぎ)士(し) • (daigishi) 

1. member of the Diet, member of the House of Representatives