See also: 执事

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 2/2
Initial () (23) (20)
Final () (141) (19)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
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/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡ɕi̯əp̚/ /ɖ͡ʐʱiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhi zhì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zap1 zi6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
zhí shì
Middle
Chinese
‹ tsyip › ‹ dzriH ›
Old
Chinese
/*[t]ip/ /*[m-s-]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. *[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
Reading # 1/1 2/2
No. 17290 11486
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*tjib/ /*zrɯs/
Notes

Noun

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執事

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

Synonyms

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  • (job):

Verb

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執事

  1. (literary) to perform one's job

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
しつ
Grade: S

Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(しつ)() (shitsuji

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

Coordinate terms

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (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 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN