執事

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See also: 执事

Chinese

execute (a plan); grasp
matter; thing; item
matter; thing; item; work; affair
 
trad. (執事) 執 事
simp. (执事) 执 事

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 執 事
Reading # 1/1 2/2
Initial (聲) 章 (23) 崇 (20)
Final (韻) 緝 (141) 之 (19)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 之入切 鉏吏切
Baxter tsyip dzriH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡ɕiɪp̚/ /d͡ʒɨH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/t͡ɕip̚/ /ɖ͡ʐɨH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡ɕjep̚/ /d͡ʒieH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/cip̚/ /ɖ͡ʐɨH/
Li
Rong 		/t͡ɕiəp̚/ /d͡ʒiəH/
Wang
Li 		/t͡ɕĭĕp̚/ /d͡ʒĭəH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/t͡ɕi̯əp̚/ /ɖ͡ʐʱiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		zhi zhì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zap1 zi6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 執 事
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		zhí shì
Middle
Chinese 		‹ tsyip › ‹ dzriH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ip/ /*rəʔ-s/
English seize serve; service, affair

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 執 事
Reading # 1/1 2/2
No. 17290 11486
Phonetic
component 		執 史
Rime
group 		緝 之
Rime
subdivision 		2 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		執 事
Old
Chinese 		/*tjib/ /*zrɯs/
Notes 甲金文象梏人雙手，
幸象梏非聲 		史吏轉註字

Noun

執事

  1. (Christianity) deacon
  2. (literary) attendant
  3. (literary) your Excellency
  4. (literary) job; duties

Synonyms

  • (job):

Verb

執事

  1. (literary) to perform one's job

Japanese

Kanji in this term
執 事
しつ
Grade: S 		じ
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

執(しつ)事(じ) • (shitsuji) 

  1. Steward; butler.
  2. Court official.
  3. Deacon (Anglican, Lutheran, etc.).

Coordinate terms

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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