上司

Chinese

		up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	company; control
simp. and trad. (上司)		上	司

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shàngsī

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄙ
Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁶ si¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): siōng-su

(Teochew, Peng'im): zion⁷ si¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shàngsī → shàngsi (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄙ → ㄕㄤˋ ˙ㄙ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shàngsi̊h
  - Wade–Giles: shang⁴-ssŭ⁵
  - Yale: shàng-sz
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanq.sy
  - Palladius: шансы (šansy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ sz̩⁵⁵/ → /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ sz̩¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: soeng⁶ si¹
  - Yale: seuhng sī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁶ si¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁶ xi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²² siː⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōng-su
  - Tâi-lô: siōng-su
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sioxngsw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siɔŋ²²⁻²¹ su⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zion⁷ si¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiōⁿ si
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sĩõ¹¹ si³³/

Noun

上司

boss; superior

Synonyms

上峰 (shàngfēng) (dated)
上級 / 上级 (shàngjí)
主管 (zhǔguǎn)

Antonyms

下屬 / 下属 (xiàshǔ)
下級 / 下级 (xiàjí)
下跤手 (Hokkien)
手下 (shǒuxià)
部下 (bùxià)
部屬 / 部属 (bùshǔ)
馬仔 / 马仔 (maa⁵ zai²) (Cantonese)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
上	司
じょう Grade: 1	し Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) じょーし [jóꜜòshì] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞ːɕi]

Noun

上(じょう)司(し) • (jōshi)

boss