庶吉士

Chinese

		ordinary	lucky; Jilin Province (abbrev.)	scholar; warrior; knight
simp. and trad. (庶吉士)		庶	吉	士

Etymology

Based on a passage from the Book of Documents:

大都小伯、藝人、表臣百司、太史、尹伯，庶常吉士。 [Classical Chinese, trad.][▼ expand/hide]

大都小伯、艺人、表臣百司、太史、尹伯，庶常吉士。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Book of Documents, circa 7^th – 4^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Dàdū xiǎo bó, yìrén, biǎochén bǎisī, tàishǐ, yǐnbó, shù cháng jí shì. [Pinyin]

They had their governors of the larger and smaller cities assigned in the royal domain to the nobles; their men of arts; their overseers whose offices were beyond the court; their grand historiographers; and their heads of departments—all good men of constant virtue.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shùjíshì

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˋ ㄐㄧˊ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): syu³ gat¹ si⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shùjíshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˋ ㄐㄧˊ ㄕˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuhjyishyh
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: syu³ gat¹ si⁶
  - Yale: syu gāt sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sy³ gat⁷ si⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: xu³ ged¹ xi⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /ʃyː³³ kɐt̚⁵ siː²²/

Noun

庶吉士

(historical) Hanlin bachelor; a scholastic title during the Ming and Qing dynasties of China granted to the jinshi (進士), restricted to those in the Hanlin Academy since the Yongle era

Synonyms

庶常

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