使者

使者

Chinese

		to make; to cause; to enable to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; messenger	‑ist, ‑er (person); person (who does sth)
simp. and trad. (使者)		使	者

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǐzhě

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˇ ㄓㄜˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si³ ze²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ́-chá
• Min Nan (POJ): sú-chiá

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shǐzhě [Phonetic: shízhě]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˇ ㄓㄜˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyyjee
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǐhjhě
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩˨˩˦꜔꜒ ʈ͡ʂɤ˨˩˦꜕꜖⁽꜕꜖꜓⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: si³ ze²
    • Yale: si jé
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si³ dze²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi³ zé²
    • IPA ^(key): /siː˧ t͡sɛː˧˥/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ́-chá
    • Hakka Romanization System: sii` za`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: si³ za³
    • IPA: /sɨ˧˩ t͡sa˧˩/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sú-chiá
    • Tâi-lô: sú-tsiá
    • Phofsit Daibuun: swciar
    • IPA (Xiamen): /su˥˧꜓꜓ t͡ɕia˥˧/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /su˥˥˦꜕꜓ t͡ɕia˥˥˦/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /su˥˧꜓꜓ t͡ɕia˥˧/
    • IPA (Taipei): /su˥˧꜓꜓ t͡ɕia˥˧/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /su˦˩꜓꜓ t͡ɕia˦˩/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʃɨ^H  t͡ɕia^X/▼

Rime
Character	使	者
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	生 (21)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	之 (19)	麻 (100)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	踈吏切	章也切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃɨH/	/t͡ɕiaX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃɨH/	/t͡ɕiaX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃieH/	/t͡ɕiaX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂɨH/	/ciaX/
Li Rong	/ʃiəH/	/t͡ɕiaX/
Wang Li	/ʃĭəH/	/t͡ɕĭaX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʂiH/	/t͡ɕi̯aX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shì	zhě

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-rəʔ-s  tAʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*srɯs  tjaːʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	使	者
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shǐ	zhě
Middle Chinese	‹ sriH ›	‹ tsyæX ›
Old Chinese	/*s-rəʔ-s/	/*tAʔ/
English	envoy	(nominalizing particle)
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	使	者
Reading #	2/2	1/1
No.	11491	16960
Phonetic component	史	者
Rime group	之	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	𩢲	者
Old Chinese	/*srɯs/	/*tjaːʔ/
Notes		說文古旅聲。甲金文象足印小坎積水， 爲瀦初文，用詹鄞鑫說

Noun

使者

1. herald; messenger; emissary; envoy (Classifier: 位)

   派使者  ―  pài shǐzhě  ―  to dispatch an envoy

Derived terms

和平使者 (hépíng shǐzhě)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (使者):

• → Japanese: 使 (し)者 (しゃ) (shisha)
• → Korean: 사자 (使者, saja)
• → Vietnamese: sứ giả (使者)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
使	者
し Grade: 3	しゃ Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 使者 (MC ʃɨ^H t͡ɕia^X).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) し​しゃ [shíꜜshà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2][3]
  • IPA^(key): [ɕiɕa̠]

Noun

使者 (hiragana ししゃ, rōmaji shisha)

1. herald, messenger
2. emissary, envoy

Synonyms

• 布告者 (ふこくしゃ) (fukokusha): herald (a person)
• 前触 (まえぶ)れ (maebure): herald (figurative)
• 伝令官 (でんれいかん) (denreikan)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN