私塾
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Chinese
| personal; private; selfish | private tutorage | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (私塾) |
私 | 塾 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: sīshú
- Zhuyin: ㄙ ㄕㄨˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: sihshú
- Wade–Giles: ssŭ1-shu2
- Yale: sz̄-shú
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syshwu
- Palladius: сышу (syšu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /sz̩⁵⁵ ʂu³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: si1 suk6
- Yale: sī suhk
- Cantonese Pinyin: si1 suk9
- Guangdong Romanization: xi1 sug6
- Sinological IPA (key): /siː⁵⁵ sʊk̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
Noun
私塾
- (historical) traditional Chinese private school where classical literature and Confucianism used to be taught
Synonyms
(traditional Chinese private school):