公使

Chinese

		just; honourable; public just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister	to make; to cause; to enable to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; messenger
trad. (公使)		公	使
simp. #(公使)		公	使

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōngshǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ ㄕˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ si³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kong-sài

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōngshǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ㄕˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gongshǐh
    • Wade–Giles: kung¹-shih³
    • Yale: gūng-shř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongshyy
    • Palladius: гунши (gunši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gung¹ si³
    • Yale: gūng si
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ si³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ xi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ siː³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-sài
    • Tâi-lô: kong-sài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kongsaix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sai²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ sai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sai²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sai¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sai²¹/

Noun

公使

1. (diplomacy) minister (rank of diplomat directly below ambassador)

Derived terms

• 公使館／公使馆 (gōngshǐguǎn)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (公使):

• → Japanese: 公使(こうし) (kōshi)
• → Korean: 공사(公使) (gongsa)
• → Vietnamese: công sứ (公使)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
公	使
こう Grade: 2	し Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

公(こう)使(し) • (kōshi) 

1. minister of a legation

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
公	使

Noun

公使

1. chữ Hán form of công sứ (“envoy”).