伽師

Chinese

			a division (milit.); teacher; master a division (milit.); teacher; master; expert; model
trad. (伽師)		伽	師
simp. (伽师)		伽	师

Etymology

The New Book of Tang mentions a city called 迦師城 in the Kingdom of Shule, during the reign of Pei Amozhi (裴阿摩支) in the Zhenguan era of the Tang dynasty.

The current county was established in 1902 with 伽師 as its name.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Jiāshī

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚ ㄕ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa¹ si¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Jiāshī
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚ ㄕ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jiashih
    • Wade–Giles: Chia¹-shih¹
    • Yale: Jyā-shr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jiashy
    • Palladius: Цзяши (Czjaši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaa¹ si¹
    • Yale: gā sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaa¹ si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ga¹ xi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/

Proper noun

伽師

1. (～縣) Payzawat, Jiashi (a county of Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang, China)

Descendants

• → English: Jiashi, Chia-shih, Ch'ieh-shih