士族

Chinese

		scholar; warrior; knight	race; nationality; ethnicity race; nationality; ethnicity; clan
trad. (士族)		士	族
simp. #(士族)		士	族

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìzú

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄗㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁶ zuk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìzú
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄗㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhzú
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-tsu²
    • Yale: shr̀-dzú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhtzwu
    • Palladius: шицзу (šiczu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡su³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si⁶ zuk⁶
    • Yale: sih juhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si⁶ dzuk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi⁶ zug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²² t͡sʊk̚²/

Noun

士族

1. (historical) powerful aristocratic clan

Related terms

• 世家 (shìjiā)
• 世族 (shìzú)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (士族):

• → Japanese: 士(し)族(ぞく) (shizoku)
• → Korean: 사족(士族) (sajok)
• → Vietnamese: sĩ tộc (士族)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
士	族
し Grade: 5	ぞく Grade: 3
kan'on	goon

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しぞく [shíꜜzòkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɕizo̞kɯ̟]

Noun

士(し)族(ぞく) • (shizoku) 

1. (historical) a social class in the Empire of Japan composed of former samurai

Derived terms

• 士(し)族(ぞく)の商(しょう)法(ほう) (shizoku no shōhō)
• 士(し)族(ぞく)授(じゅ)産(さん) (shizoku jusan)
• 士(し)族(ぞく)反(はん)乱(らん) (shizoku hanran)

See also

• 華(か)族(ぞく) (kazoku)

Korean

Hanja in this term
士	族

Noun

士族 • (sajok) (hangeul 사족)

1. hanja form^? of 사족 (“a powerful aristocratic family or a scion of such a family”)