戰士

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See also: 戦士 and 战士

Chinese

to fight; fight; war
to fight; fight; war; battle
 
 scholar; warrior; knight
trad. (戰士) 戰 士
simp. (战士) 战 士

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 戰 士
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 章 (23) 崇 (20)
Final (韻) 仙 (77) 之 (19)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 之膳切 鉏里切
Baxter tsyenH dzriX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡ɕiᴇnH/ /d͡ʒɨX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/t͡ɕiɛnH/ /ɖ͡ʐɨX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡ɕjænH/ /d͡ʒieX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/cianH/ /ɖ͡ʐɨX/
Li
Rong 		/t͡ɕiɛnH/ /d͡ʒiəX/
Wang
Li 		/t͡ɕĭɛnH/ /d͡ʒĭəX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/t͡ɕi̯ɛnH/ /ɖ͡ʐʱiX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		zhàn zhì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zin3 zi6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 戰 士
Reading # 2/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		zhàn shì
Middle
Chinese 		‹ tsyenH › ‹ dzriX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*tar-s/ /*rəʔ/
English battle officer; gentleman

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 戰 士
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 2019 11511
Phonetic
component 		單 士
Rime
group 		元 之
Rime
subdivision 		1 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		戰 士
Old
Chinese 		/*tjans/ /*zrɯʔ/

Noun

戰士

  1. soldier; combatant
  2. warrior; fighter

Synonyms

  • (soldier):
  • (warrior):

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (戰士):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
戰 士
せん
Jinmeiyō 		し
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Noun

戰(せん)士(し) • (senshi) 

  1. warrior (person actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare)

Korean

Hanja in this term
戰士

Noun

戰士 • (jeonsa or McCune-Reischauer: chŏnsa or Yale: cēnsa) (hangeul 전사)

  1. Hanja form? of 전사 (“warrior”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
戰士

Noun

戰士

  1. chữ Hán form of chiến sĩ (“warrior”).
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