聖旨

See also: 圣旨

Chinese

		holy; sacred; saint holy; sacred; saint; sage	imperial decree; purport; aim imperial decree; purport; aim; purpose
trad. (聖旨)		聖	旨
simp. (圣旨)		圣	旨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shèngzhǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˋ ㄓˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing³ zi²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳn-chṳ́
• Eastern Min (BUC): séng-cī
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sèng-chí

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sian³ zi²

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵sen-tsy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shèngzhǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˋ ㄓˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shèngjhǐh
    • Wade–Giles: shêng⁴-chih³
    • Yale: shèng-jř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenqjyy
    • Palladius: шэнчжи (šɛnčži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sing³ zi²
    • Yale: sing jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing³ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing³ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ³³ t͡siː³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 性子 聖子／圣子 聖旨／圣旨 蟶子／蛏子

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳn-chṳ́
    • Hakka Romanization System: siin zii`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sin⁴ zi³
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨn⁵⁵ t͡sɨ³¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: séng-cī
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siŋ²¹³⁻⁵³ ^(t͡s-)ʒi³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sèng-chí
    • Tâi-lô: sìng-tsí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seangcie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡si⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡si⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡si⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡si⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡si⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sian³ zi²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siàⁿ tsí
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sĩã²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡si⁵²⁻²¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵sen-tsy
    • MiniDict: sen^去 tsy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²sen-tsr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sən³³ t͡sz̩⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: syengH tsyijX

Rime
Character	聖	旨
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	清 (121)	脂 (17)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	式正切	職雉切
Baxter	syengH	tsyijX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiᴇŋH/	/t͡ɕˠiɪX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiɛŋH/	/t͡ɕᵚiX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕiæŋH/	/t͡ɕiɪX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕiajŋH/	/cjiX/
Li Rong	/ɕiɛŋH/	/t͡ɕjiX/
Wang Li	/ɕĭɛŋH/	/t͡ɕiX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕi̯ɛŋH/	/t͡ɕiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shèng	zhǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sing3	zi2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*l̥eŋ-s  kijʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*hljeŋs  kjiʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	聖	旨
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shèng	zhǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ syengH ›	‹ tsyijX ›
Old Chinese	/*l̥eŋ-s/	/*kijʔ/
English	sage (n.)	fine-tasting
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] 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	聖	旨
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	11391	17326
Phonetic component	聖	旨
Rime group	耕	脂
Rime subdivision	0	2
Corresponding MC rime	聖	旨
Old Chinese	/*hljeŋs/	/*kjiʔ/
Notes	甲金文象人張耳對口會耳聰意， 非呈聲	甲文象匕在口表甘美， 非匕聲

Noun

聖旨

1. (historical) imperial edict (Classifier: 道)

Synonyms

• 上諭／上谕 (shàngyù)
• 制誥／制诰 (zhìgào)
• 大命 (dàmìng)
• 敕令 (chìlìng)
• 敕命 (chìmìng)
• 敕書／敕书 (chìshū)
• 旨意 (zhǐyì)
• 欽命／钦命 (qīnmìng)
• 詔令／诏令 (zhàolìng)
• 詔旨／诏旨 (zhàozhǐ)
• 詔書／诏书 (zhàoshū)