十常侍

Chinese

		ten	always; ever; often always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant	attend on
simp. and trad. (十常侍)		十	常	侍

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shíchángshì

(Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄔㄤˊ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sap⁶ soeng⁴ si⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shíchángshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄔㄤˊ ㄕˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shycharngshyh
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sap⁶ soeng⁴ si⁶
  - Yale: sahp sèuhng sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sap⁹ soeng⁴ si⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: seb⁶ sêng⁴ xi⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /sɐp̚² sœ̽ːŋ²¹ siː²²/

Noun

十常侍

(archaic) the Ten regular attendants, a powerful faction of eunuchs during the reign of the Emperor Ling of Han

References

十常侍 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh
Ten Attendants on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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