特務

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See also: 特务

Chinese

		special; unusual; extraordinary special; unusual; extraordinary; male animal	affair; business; matter
trad. (特務)		特	務
simp. (特务)		特	务

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 特務機関 - Imperial Japanese army's intelligence agency in its occupied territories or in combat zones. See 特務機関.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tèwù

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄜˋ ㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dak⁶ mou⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tia̍k-bū / te̍k-bū

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tèwù
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄜˋ ㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tèwù
  - Wade–Giles: tʻê⁴-wu⁴
  - Yale: tè-wù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tehwuh
  - Palladius: тэу (tɛu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ u⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dak⁶ mou⁶
  - Yale: dahk mouh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dak⁹ mou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: deg⁶ mou⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐk̚² mou̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tia̍k-bū
  - Tâi-lô: tia̍k-bū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diagbu
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiak̚²⁴⁻² bu⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: te̍k-bū
  - Tâi-lô: ti̍k-bū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: degbu
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tiɪk̚⁴⁻³² bu³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ bu²²/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiɪk̚⁴⁻³² bu²²/

Noun

特務

operative; secret agent; special agent

Synonyms

密探 (mìtàn)
暗差 (⁵oe-tsha) (Wu, dated)
間諜／间谍 (jiàndié)

Derived terms

敵特／敌特 (dítè)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
特	務
とく Grade: 4	む Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) とくむ (Atamadaka – )^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key):

Noun

特(とく)務(む) • (tokumu)

special duty

References

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