西席

Chinese

		west	banquet; woven mat; seat banquet; woven mat; seat; place
simp. and trad. (西席)		西	席

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīxí

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄒㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ zik⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīxí
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄒㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sisí
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-hsi²
    • Yale: syī-syí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shishyi
    • Palladius: сиси (sisi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai¹ zik⁶
    • Yale: sāi jihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ dzik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ jig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ t͡sɪk̚²/

Noun

西席

1. (literary, honorific) private tutor or secretarial assistant