通事

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Chinese

		go through; know well; to connect go through; know well; to connect; to communicate; open	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
trad. (通事)		通	事
simp. ^#(通事)		通	事

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): tōngshì

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥㄕˋ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): тунсы (tunsɨ, I-III)
Cantonese (Jyutping): tung¹ si⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thong-sū

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tōngshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tongshìh
  - Wade–Giles: tʻung¹-shih⁴
  - Yale: tūng-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tongshyh
  - Palladius: тунши (tunši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: тунсы (tunsɨ, I-III)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰuŋ²⁴ sz̩⁴⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tung¹ si⁶
  - Yale: tūng sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tung¹ si⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: tung¹ xi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ siː²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thong-sū
  - Tâi-lô: thong-sū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tongsu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² su²²/

Noun

通事

(archaic, historical) translator; interpreter; linguist

Synonyms

口譯員／口译员 (kǒuyìyuán) (interpreter)
口譯者／口译者 (kǒuyìzhě) (interpreter)
翻譯／翻译 (fānyì)
翻譯員／翻译员 (fānyìyuán)
翻譯官／翻译官 (fānyìguān)
翻譯者／翻译者 (fānyìzhě)
舌人 (shérén) (literary)
譯匠／译匠 (yìjiàng) (literary)
譯員／译员 (yìyuán)
譯者／译者 (yìzhě)
通事官 (tōngshìguān) (archaic)
通司 (tōngsī) (archaic)
通譯／通译 (tōngyì) (dated)
通譯員／通译员 (tōngyìyuán)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (通事):

→ Japanese: 通(つう)事(じ) (tsūji)
→ Korean: 통사(通事) (tongsa)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
通	事
つう Grade: 2	じ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Alternative spellings
通詞通辞

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) つうじ (Atamadaka – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

通(つう)事(じ) • (tsūji)

interpreter (especially a court interpreter, especially of Dutch or Chinese during the Edo period)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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