繼室

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Chinese

		to continue; to follow after; then to continue; to follow after; then; afterwards; to go on with; to succeed; to inherit	room
trad. (繼室)		繼	室
simp. (继室)		继	室
Literally: “successor wife”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jìshì, jìshǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˋ ㄕˋ, ㄐㄧˋ ㄕˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gai³ sat¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jìshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ ㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jìshìh
  - Wade–Giles: chi⁴-shih⁴
  - Yale: jì-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jihshyh
  - Palladius: цзиши (cziši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    既是
    濟事 / 济事
    記事 / 记事
- (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jìshǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ ㄕˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jìshǐh
  - Wade–Giles: chi⁴-shih³
  - Yale: jì-shř
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jihshyy
  - Palladius: цзиши (cziši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gai³ sat¹
  - Yale: gai sāt
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gai³ sat⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: gei³ sed¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐi̯³³ sɐt̚⁵/

Noun

繼室

(literary) second wife

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