致仕

Chinese

		to send; to devote; to deliver to send; to devote; to deliver; to cause; to convey	an official
trad. (致仕)		致	仕
simp. #(致仕)		致	仕

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhìshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˋ ㄕˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhìshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhìhshìh
    • Wade–Giles: chih⁴-shih⁴
    • Yale: jr̀-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyhshyh
    • Palladius: чжиши (čžiši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 志士 智士 智識／智识 治世

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• Middle Chinese: trijH dzriX

Rime
Character	致	仕
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	知 (9)	崇 (20)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	陟利切	鉏里切
Baxter	trijH	dzriX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈˠiɪH/	/d͡ʒɨX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈᵚiH/	/ɖ͡ʐɨX/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶiɪH/	/d͡ʒieX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈjiH/	/ɖ͡ʐɨX/
Li Rong	/ȶjiH/	/d͡ʒiəX/
Wang Li	/ȶiH/	/d͡ʒĭəX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȶiH/	/ɖ͡ʐʱiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhì	zhì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi3	zi6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*t<r>i[t]-s  [m-s-]rəʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*tiɡs  zrɯʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	致	仕
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhì	shì
Middle Chinese	‹ trijH ›	‹ dzriX ›
Old Chinese	/*t<r>i[t]-s/	/*[m-s-]rəʔ/
English	(cause to arrive): transmit	serve
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	致	仕
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	17336	11512
Phonetic component	至	士
Rime group	至	之
Rime subdivision	2	0
Corresponding MC rime	致	士
Old Chinese	/*tiɡs/	/*zrɯʔ/

Verb

致仕

1. (historical) to retire from official duty; to conclude one's career in government