祭司

Chinese

		offer sacrifice; hold memorial service	company; control
trad. (祭司)		祭	司
simp. #(祭司)		祭	司

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìsī

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˋ ㄙ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zai³ si¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chi-sṳ̂
• Northern Min (KCR): ci̿-sí
• Eastern Min (BUC): cié-sĭ
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chè-si

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìsī
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ ㄙ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìsih
    • Wade–Giles: chi⁴-ssŭ¹
    • Yale: jì-sz̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jihsy
    • Palladius: цзисы (czisy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹ sz̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zai³ si¹
    • Yale: jai sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzai³ si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zei³ xi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐi̯³³ siː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chi-sṳ̂
    • Hakka Romanization System: ji sii´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ji⁴ si¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡si⁵⁵ sɨ²⁴/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ci̿-sí
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡si³³ si⁵⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cié-sĭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sie²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ^(s-)li⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chè-si
    • Tâi-lô: tsè-si
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zeasy
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡se¹¹⁻⁵³ si⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡se²¹⁻⁴¹ si⁴⁴/

Noun

祭司

1. (countable) priest (Classifier: 位 m c; 名 m c)

   信徒皆祭司  ―  xìntú jiē jìsī  ―  priesthood of all believers

Derived terms

• 祭司長／祭司长

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (祭司):

• → Japanese: 祭(さい)司(し) (saishi)

See also

• 教士 (jiàoshì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
祭	司
さい Grade: 3	し Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) さ​いし [sáꜜìshì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [sa̠iɕi]

Noun

祭(さい)司(し) • (saishi) 

1. priest