太守

Chinese

		too (much); very; extremely too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest	to guard
simp. and trad. (太守)		太	守
Literally: “great watchman or overseer”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tàishǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˋ ㄕㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taai³ sau³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tàishǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˋ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tàishǒu
    • Wade–Giles: tʻai⁴-shou³
    • Yale: tài-shǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tayshoou
    • Palladius: тайшоу (tajšou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taai³ sau³
    • Yale: taai sau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taai³ sau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: tai³ seo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːi̯³³ sɐu̯³³/

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• Middle Chinese: thajH syuwH

Rime
Character	太	守
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Initial (聲)	透 (6)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	泰 (25)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	他蓋切	舒救切
Baxter	thajH	syuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰɑiH/	/ɕɨuH/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰɑiH/	/ɕiuH/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɑiH/	/ɕiəuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰajH/	/ɕuwH/
Li Rong	/tʰɑiH/	/ɕiuH/
Wang Li	/tʰɑiH/	/ɕĭəuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/tʰɑiH/	/ɕi̯ə̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tài	shòu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	taai3	sau3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*l̥ˤa[t]-s  s.tuʔ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*tʰaːds  qʰljus/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	太	守
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	tài	shòu
Middle Chinese	‹ thajH ›	‹ syuwH ›
Old Chinese	/*l̥ˁa[t]-s/	/*s.tuʔ-s/
English	great	territory in somebody"s guard, fief
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	太	守
Reading #	1/1	2/2
No.	1937	11668
Phonetic component	大	守
Rime group	祭	幽
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	泰	狩
Old Chinese	/*tʰaːds/	/*qʰljus/

Noun

太守

1. (historical) Grand Administrator or governor, the official overseeing a commandery (郡) in imperial China between the Han and Tang dynasties

Derived terms

• 一錢太守／一钱太守 (yī qián tàishǒu)
• 南柯太守傳／南柯太守传 (Nánkē Tàishǒu Zhuàn)
• 黃堂太守／黄堂太守

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (太守):

• → Japanese: 太守(たいしゅ) (taishu)
• → Korean: 태수(太守) (taesu)
• → Vietnamese: thái thú (太守)

See also

• 郡守 (jùnshǒu, “the equivalent position under the Zhou and Qin dynasties”)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
太	守
たい Grade: 2	しゅ Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

太(たい)守(しゅ) • (taishu) 

1. viceroy
2. satrap

Korean

Hanja in this term
太	守

Noun

太守 • (taesu) (hangeul 태수)

1. Hanja form^? of 태수.

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
太	守

Noun

太守

1. chữ Hán form of thái thú (“governor”).