通事

通事

Chinese

		go through; know well; to connect go through; know well; to connect; to communicate; open	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
trad. (通事)		通	事
simp. #(通事)		通	事

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): tōngshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥ ㄕˋ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): тунсы (tunsɨ, I-III)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tōngshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tongshìh
    • Wade–Giles: tʻung¹-shih⁴
    • Yale: tūng-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tongshyh
    • Palladius: тунши (tunši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: тунсы (tunsɨ, I-III)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰuŋ²⁴ sz̩⁴⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

Noun

通事

1. (archaic, historical) translator; interpreter; linguist

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 通事

舌人 (shérén) (literary) 通事官 (tōngshìguān) (archaic) 通司 (tōngsī) (archaic) 口譯員／口译员 (kǒuyìyuán) (interpreter) 口譯者／口译者 (kǒuyìzhě) (interpreter) 翻譯／翻译 (fānyì) 翻譯員／翻译员 (fānyìyuán)

翻譯官／翻译官 (fānyìguān) 翻譯者／翻译者 (fānyìzhě) 譯匠／译匠 (yìjiàng) (literary) 譯員／译员 (yìyuán) 譯者／译者 (yìzhě) 通譯／通译 (tōngyì) (dated) 通譯員／通译员 (tōngyìyuán)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
通	事
つう Grade: 2	じ Grade: 3
on’yomi

Alternative spellings
通詞 通辞

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) つ​うじ [tsúꜜùjì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
• IPA^(key): [t͡sɨᵝːʑi]

Noun

通(つう)事(じ) • (tsūji) 

1. interpreter (especially a court interpreter, especially of Dutch or Chinese during the Edo period)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN