師爺

師爺

Chinese

		a division (milit.); teacher; master a division (milit.); teacher; master; expert; model	grandpa; etc.; old gentleman
trad. (師爺)		師	爺
simp. (师爷)		师	爷

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shīye, shiyé

  (Zhuyin): ㄕ ˙ㄧㄝ, ˙ㄕ ㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ je⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): sir-iâ / su-iâ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shīye
    • Zhuyin: ㄕ ˙ㄧㄝ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shy.ie
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ i̯ɛ²/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: shiyé
    • Zhuyin: ˙ㄕ ㄧㄝˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: .shyye
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩ i̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: si¹ je⁴
    • Yale: sī yèh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ je⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ yé⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ jɛː²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sir-iâ
    • Tâi-lô: sir-iâ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ³³ ia²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-iâ
    • Tâi-lô: su-iâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: su'iaa
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /su⁴⁴⁻²² ia¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /su⁴⁴⁻²² ia²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ ia²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ ia²⁴/

Noun

師爺

1. private assistant or adviser attending to legal, fiscal, or secretarial duties in a local yamen