俟罪

Chinese

		until; wait for	guilt; crime; fault guilt; crime; fault; blame; sin
trad. (俟罪)		俟	罪
simp. #(俟罪)		俟	罪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sìzuì

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˋ ㄗㄨㄟˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sìzuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄗㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìhzuèi
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ⁴-tsui⁴
    • Yale: sz̀-dzwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhtzuey
    • Palladius: сыцзуй (syczuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: zriX dzwojX

Rime
Character	俟	罪
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	俟 (22)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	之 (19)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	牀史切	徂賄切
Baxter	zriX	dzwojX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʒɨX/	/d͡zuʌiX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʐɨX/	/d͡zuoiX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʒieX/	/d͡zuɒiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʐɨX/	/d͡zwəjX/
Li Rong	/ʒiəX/	/d͡zuᴀiX/
Wang Li	/ʒĭəX/	/d͡zuɒiX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɖ͡ʐʰiX/	/d͡zʱuɑ̆iX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shì	zuì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi6	zeoi6

Verb

俟罪

1. Synonym of 待罪 (dàizuì, “(obsolete, humble) to serve as an official”)
   • 815, 白居易 [Bai Juyi], 與元九書 [Letter to Yuan Zhen]:

     今俟罪潯陽，除盥櫛食寢外無餘事。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     今俟罪浔阳，除盥栉食寝外无余事。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     Jīn sìzuì Xúnyáng, chú guàn zhì shí qǐn wài wú yú shì. [Pinyin]

     Now I serve in Xunyang, with nothing to do apart from washing my face, combing my hair, eating, and sleeping.