特務

See also: 特务

Chinese

		special; unusual; extraordinary special; unusual; extraordinary; male animal	affair; business; matter
trad. (特務)		特	務
simp. (特务)		特	务

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 特務機関 - Imperial Japanese army's intelligence agency in its occupied territories or in combat zones. See 特務機関.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tèwù

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄜˋ ㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dak⁶ mou⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tia̍k-bū / te̍k-bū

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tèwù
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄜˋ ㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tèwù
    • Wade–Giles: tʻê⁴-wu⁴
    • Yale: tè-wù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tehwuh
    • Palladius: тэу (tɛu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ u⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dak⁶ mou⁶
    • Yale: dahk mouh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dak⁹ mou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: deg⁶ mou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐk̚² mou̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tia̍k-bū
    • Tâi-lô: tia̍k-bū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diagbu
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiak̚²⁴⁻² bu⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: te̍k-bū
    • Tâi-lô: ti̍k-bū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: degbu
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tiɪk̚⁴⁻³² bu³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ bu²²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɪk̚⁴⁻³² bu²²/

Noun

特務

1. operative; secret agent; special agent

Synonyms

• 密探 (mìtàn)
• 暗差 (⁵oe-tsha) (Wu, dated)
• 間諜／间谍 (jiàndié)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
特	務
とく Grade: 4	む Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) と​くむ [tóꜜkùmù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [to̞kɯ̟ᵝmɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

特(とく)務(む) • (tokumu) 

1. special duty