致仕

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Chinese

to send; to devote; to deliver
to send; to devote; to deliver; to cause; to convey
 
an official
trad. (致仕)
simp. #(致仕)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (9) (20)
Final () (17) (19)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter trijH dzriX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʈˠiɪH/ /d͡ʒɨX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʈᵚiH/ /ɖ͡ʐɨX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ȶiɪH/ /d͡ʒieX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʈjiH/ /ɖ͡ʐɨX/
Li
Rong
/ȶjiH/ /d͡ʒiəX/
Wang
Li
/ȶiH/ /d͡ʒĭəX/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ȶiH/ /ɖ͡ʐʱiX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhì zhì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zi3 zi6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
zhì shì
Middle
Chinese
‹ trijH › ‹ dzriX ›
Old
Chinese
/*t<r>i-s/ /*rəʔ/
English (cause to arrive): transmit serve

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.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 17336 11512
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*tiɡs/ /*zrɯʔ/

Verb

致仕

  1. (historical) to retire from official duty; to conclude one's career in government