See also: 弁護士 and 辩护士

Chinese edit

scholar; warrior; knight
trad. (辯護士) 辯護
simp. (辩护士) 辩护
2nd round simp. 弁护士

Etymology edit

The "lawyer" sense is orthographically reborrowed into Taiwanese Mandarin, Min Nan and Hakka from Japanese 弁護士(べんごし) (bengoshi). Cognate with Jeju 벤호사 (benhosa) and Korean 변호사 (byeonhosa).

Pronunciation edit


Noun edit

辯護士

  1. (chiefly derogatory) defender; apologist
  2. (Taiwan, chiefly Southern Min and Hakka, dated in Mandarin) lawyer; attorney

Synonyms edit

  • (lawyer):

References edit

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
べん
Hyōgaiji

Grade: 5

Grade: 5
on’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 辯護士 – see the following entry.
弁護士べんごし
[noun] (law) lawyer; attorney
(This term, 辯護士, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean edit

Hanja in this term

Noun edit

辯護士 (byeonhosa) (hangeul 변호사)

  1. Hanja form? of 변호사 (lawyer).