辯士

Chinese

		dispute; debate; argue dispute; debate; argue; discuss	scholar; warrior; knight
trad. (辯士)		辯	士
simp. (辩士)		辩	士

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biànshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bin⁶ si⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biànshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: biànshìh
    • Wade–Giles: pien⁴-shih⁴
    • Yale: byàn-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biannshyh
    • Palladius: бяньши (bjanʹši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

      [Show/Hide]
      edit edit 便士 便是 辨識／辨识 遍視／遍视

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bin⁶ si⁶
    • Yale: bihn sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bin⁶ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bin⁶ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːn²² siː²²/

Noun

辯士

1. (formal) debater

Synonyms

• 辯手／辩手 (biànshǒu)

Etymology 2

Phono-semantic matching of Japanese 弁士 (benshi).

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): piān-sū

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piān-sū
    • Tâi-lô: piān-sū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: piexnsu
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɛn³³⁻²¹ su³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /piɛn³³⁻¹¹ su³³/

Noun

辯士

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) a live narrator for a silent film; a benshi

References

• “Entry #13135”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.