公使

Chinese

		just; honorable; public just; honorable; public; common; fair; duke; mister	to make; to cause; to enable to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; messenger
simp. and trad. (公使)		公	使

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gōngshǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥㄕˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ si³
Min Nan (POJ): kong-sài

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: gōngshǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥㄕˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongshyy
  - IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gung¹ si³
  - Yale: gūng si
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ si³
  - Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ xi³
  - IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ siː³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-sài
  - Tâi-lô: kong-sài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kongsaix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² saɪ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ saɪ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² saɪ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ saɪ¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ saɪ²¹/

Noun

公使

(diplomatic) minister

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (公使):

→ Japanese: 公 (こう)使 (し) (kōshi)
→ Korean: 공사 (公使, gongsa)
→ Vietnamese: công sứ (公使)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
公	使
こう Grade: 2	し Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

公使 (hiragana こうし, rōmaji kōshi)

minister of a legation

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