秘書

秘書

See also: 秘书, 祕書, and 祕书

Chinese

		secret	book; letter
trad. (秘書/祕書)		秘/祕	書
simp. (秘书)		秘	书
variant forms		祕书 nonstd simp

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mìshū

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˋ ㄕㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei³ syu¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pi-sû
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): pì-sir / pì-su / pì-si

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bi³ ze¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: mìshū → mìshu (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˋ ㄕㄨ → ㄇㄧˋ ˙ㄕㄨ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mih.shu
    • IPA ^(key): /mi⁵¹ ʂu⁵⁵/ → /mi⁵¹ ʂu¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bei³ syu¹
    • Yale: bei syū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei³ sy¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: béi³ xu¹
    • IPA ^(key): /pei̯³³ ʃyː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pi-sû
    • Hakka Romanization System: bi su´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bi⁴ su¹
    • IPA: /pi⁵⁵ su²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pì-sir
    • Tâi-lô: pì-sir
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sɯ³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pì-su
    • Tâi-lô: pì-su
    • Phofsit Daibuun: piesw
    • IPA (Taipei): /pi¹¹⁻⁵³ su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pi²¹⁻⁵³ su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi²¹⁻⁴¹ su⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pì-si
    • Tâi-lô: pì-si
    • Phofsit Daibuun: piesy
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi²¹⁻⁵³ ɕi⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bi³ ze¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pì tsṳ
    • IPA ^(key): /pi²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sɯ³³/

Noun

秘書

1. secretary (person who does clerical work)

Derived terms

文秘 (wénmì)

秘書長／秘书长 (mìshūzhǎng)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
秘	書
ひ Grade: 6	しょ Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

秘書 (hiragana ひしょ, rōmaji hisho)

1. secretary (person keeping records and handling clerical work)