樞機

樞機

See also: 枢机

Chinese

		hinge; pivot	machine; opportunity; secret
trad. (樞機)		樞	機
simp. (枢机)		枢	机

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shūjī

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨ ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syu¹ gei¹
• Min Nan (POJ): su-ki / chhu-ki

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shūjī
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨ ㄐㄧ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuji
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: syu¹ gei¹
    • Yale: syū gēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sy¹ gei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xu¹ géi¹
    • IPA ^(key): /ʃyː⁵⁵ kei̯⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-ki
    • Tâi-lô: su-ki
    • Phofsit Daibuun: su'ky
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /su³³ ki³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /su⁴⁴⁻²² ki⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhu-ki
    • Tâi-lô: tshu-ki
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhu'ky
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰu⁴⁴⁻³³ ki⁴⁴/

Noun

樞機

1. a key government post or office
2. a vital element
3. (Christianity) cardinal

Derived terms

樞機主教／枢机主教 (shūjī zhǔjiào)