武士道

武士道

Chinese

		warrior; fighter; soldier	direction; way; method direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk
trad. (武士道)		武士	道
simp. #(武士道)		武士	道

Etymology

From Japanese 武士道 (bushidō).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǔshìdào

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄕˋ ㄉㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁵ si⁶ dou⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): bú-sū-tō

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǔshìdào
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄕˋ ㄉㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǔshìhdào
    • Wade–Giles: wu³-shih⁴-tao⁴
    • Yale: wǔ-shr̀-dàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuushyhdaw
    • Palladius: ушидао (ušidao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁵ si⁶ dou⁶
    • Yale: móuh sih douh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁵ si⁶ dou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁵ xi⁶ dou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯¹³ siː²² tou̯²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bú-sū-tō
    • Tâi-lô: bú-sū-tō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bwsuxdoi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su²²⁻²¹ to²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ su⁴¹⁻²² to⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su²²⁻²¹ to²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su³³⁻¹¹ to³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ su³³⁻²¹ tɤ³³/

Noun

武士道

1. bushido (ethical code of the samurai)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
武	士	道
ぶ Grade: 5	し Grade: 5	どう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

武士 (bushi, “warrior; samurai”) +‎ 道 (-dō, “way; path”)

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
• (Tokyo) ぶし​どー [bùshíꜜdòò] (Nakadaka – [2])[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [bɯ̟ᵝɕido̞ː]

Noun

武(ぶ)士(し)道(どう) • (bushidō) ^{←ぶしだう (busidau)?}

1. bushido (ethical code of the samurai)

   Synonyms: 士道 (shidō), 武士の道 (mononofu no michi)

   • 2005 February 4, “笑(え)む猫(ねこ)、憲(けん)太(た)郎(ろう) [Kentarō, the Smiling Cat]”, in 神(かみ)河(がわ)謀(む)叛(ほん) [Betrayal of Kamigawa], Wizards of the Coast:

     武(ぶ)士(し)道(どう)との結(むす)びつきは、名(めい)誉(よ)を汚(よご)されし者(もの)達(たち)をいつか戻(もど)すであろう。我(われ)はそれを待(ま)つ。

     Bushidō to no musubitsuki wa, meiyo o yogosareshi monotachi o itsuka modosu de arō. Ware wa sore o matsu.

     The bonds of bushidō will draw the dishonored back someday, and I will be there waiting.

Descendants

• → Cantonese: 武士道 (mou5 si6 dou6)
• → English: bushido
• → French: bushido
• → German: Bushido
• → Malay: bushido, busyido

• Indonesian: bushido

• → Italian: bushido
• → Korean: 무사도 (musado)
• → Mandarin: 武士道 (wǔshìdào)
• → Min Nan: 武士道 (bú-sū-tō)

• → Malay: busudo

• → Portuguese: bushido
• → Russian: бусидо (busido)
• → Spanish: bushido
• → Vietnamese: võ sĩ đạo

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
武	士	道

Noun

武士道 • (musado) (hangeul 무사도)

1. Hanja form^? of 무사도 (“bushido”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
武	士	道

Noun

武士道

1. chữ Hán form of võ sĩ đạo (“bushido”).