上司

上司

Chinese

		up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	company; control
simp. and trad. (上司)		上	司

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàngsī

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄙ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁶ si¹
• Min Nan (POJ): siōng-su

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shàngsī → shàngsi (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄙ → ㄕㄤˋ ˙ㄙ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanq.sy
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ sz̩⁵⁵/ → /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ sz̩¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁶ si¹
    • Yale: seuhng sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁶ si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁶ xi¹
    • IPA ^(key): /sœ̽ːŋ²² siː⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōng-su
    • Tâi-lô: siōng-su
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioxngsw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ su⁴⁴/

Noun

上司

1. boss; superior

Antonyms

• 下屬／下属 (xiàshǔ)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
上	司
じょう Grade: 1	し Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞ːɕi]

Noun

上司 (hiragana じょうし, rōmaji jōshi)

1. boss