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Chinese
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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志
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士
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
|
zhì
|
shì
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Middle
Chinese
|
‹ tsyiH ›
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‹ dzriX ›
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Old
Chinese
|
/*tə-s/
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/*rəʔ/
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| English
|
goal, intention, aspiration
|
officer; gentleman
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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志
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士
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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17190
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11511
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Phonetic
component
|
之
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士
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Rime
group
|
之
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之
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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志
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士
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Old
Chinese
|
/*tjɯs/
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/*zrɯʔ/
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| Notes
|
說文之聲
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Noun
志士
- an idealist; visionary; person of ideals and integrity; man of high ambition
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
Japanese
Pronunciation
Noun
志士 • (shishi)
- a person of principles, patriot
References
Korean
Noun
志士 • (jisa) (hangeul 지사)
- hanja form? of 지사 (“person of principles”)
Vietnamese
Noun
志士
- chữ Hán form of chí sĩ (“person of principles”).