死士

Chinese

		to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	scholar; warrior; knight
trad. (死士)		死	士
simp. #(死士)		死	士

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sǐshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˇ ㄕˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sǐshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˇ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǐhshìh
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ³-shih⁴
    • Yale: sž-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syyshyh
    • Palladius: сыши (syši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: sijX dzriX

Rime
Character	死	士
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	崇 (20)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	息姊切	鉏里切
Baxter	sijX	dzriX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sˠiɪX/	/d͡ʒɨX/
Pan Wuyun	/sᵚiX/	/ɖ͡ʐɨX/
Shao Rongfen	/siɪX/	/d͡ʒieX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sjiX/	/ɖ͡ʐɨX/
Li Rong	/sjiX/	/d͡ʒiəX/
Wang Li	/siX/	/d͡ʒĭəX/
Bernard Karlgren	/siX/	/ɖ͡ʐʱiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sǐ	zhì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	si2	zi6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*sijʔ  [m-s-]rəʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*hljiʔ  zrɯʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	死	士
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	sǐ	shì
Middle Chinese	‹ sijX ›	‹ dzriX ›
Old Chinese	/*sijʔ/	/*[m-s-]rəʔ/
English	die (v.)	officer; gentleman
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	死	士
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	12006	11511
Phonetic component	死	士
Rime group	脂	之
Rime subdivision	2	0
Corresponding MC rime	死	士
Old Chinese	/*hljiʔ/	/*zrɯʔ/

Noun

死士

1. (literary) man of sacrifice

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (死士):

• → Japanese: 死士(しし) (shishi)
• → Korean: 사사(死士) (sasa)
• → Vietnamese: tử sĩ (死士)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
死	士
し Grade: 3	し Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕiɕi]

Noun

死(し)士(し) • (shishi) 

1. man of sacrifice

Korean

Hanja in this term
死	士

Noun

死士 • (sasa) (hangeul 사사)

1. Hanja form^? of 사사 (“man of sacrifice”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
死	士

Noun

死士

1. chữ Hán form of tử sĩ (“man of sacrifice”).