殿試

Chinese

		palace hall	to test; to try; experiment to test; to try; experiment; examination; test
trad. (殿試)		殿	試
simp. (殿试)		殿	试

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diànshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): din⁶ si³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diànshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diànshìh
    • Wade–Giles: tien⁴-shih⁴
    • Yale: dyàn-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diannshyh
    • Palladius: дяньши (djanʹši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: din⁶ si³
    • Yale: dihn si
    • Cantonese Pinyin: din⁶ si³
    • Guangdong Romanization: din⁶ xi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːn²² siː³³/

Noun

殿試

1. (historical) court examination, the top-grade examination in the imperial examination system

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (殿試):

• → Japanese: 殿試(でんし) (denshi)
• → Korean: 전시(殿試) (jeonsi)
• → Vietnamese: điện thí (殿試)