特務

特務

See also: 特务

Chinese

		special; unusual; extraordinary special; unusual; extraordinary; male animal	affair; business; matter
trad. (特務)		特	務
simp. (特务)		特	务

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 特務 (とくむ) (tokumu).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tèwù

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄜˋ ㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dak⁶ mou⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): tia̍k-bū / te̍k-bū

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: tèwù
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄜˋ ㄨˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tehwuh
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ u⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: dak⁶ mou⁶
    • Yale: dahk mouh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dak⁹ mou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: deg⁶ mou⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /tɐk̚² mou̯²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tia̍k-bū
    • Tâi-lô: tia̍k-bū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diagbu
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiak̚²⁴⁻²² bu⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: te̍k-bū
    • Tâi-lô: ti̍k-bū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: degbu
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tiɪk̚⁴⁻³² bu³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ bu²²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɪk̚⁴⁻³² bu²²/

Noun

特務

1. operative; secret agent

Synonyms

• 間諜／间谍 (jiàndié)
• 密探 (mìtàn)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
特	務
とく Grade: 4	む Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) と​くむ [tóꜜkùmù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [to̞kɯ̟ᵝmɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

特務 (hiragana とくむ, rōmaji tokumu)

1. special duty

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