代議士

See also: 代议士

Chinese

		to represent others in the parliament	scholar; warrior; knight
trad. (代議士)		代議	士
simp. (代议士)		代议	士

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 代(だい)議(ぎ)士(し) (daigishi).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàiyìshì

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄞˋ ㄧˋ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): doi⁶ ji⁵ si⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tāi-gī-sū

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàiyìshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄞˋ ㄧˋ ㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàiyìshìh
  - Wade–Giles: tai⁴-i⁴-shih⁴
  - Yale: dài-yì-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dayyihshyh
  - Palladius: дайиши (dajiši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: doi⁶ ji⁵ si⁶
  - Yale: doih yíh sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: doi⁶ ji⁵ si⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: doi⁶ yi⁵ xi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔːi̯²² jiː¹³ siː²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-gī-sū
  - Tâi-lô: tāi-gī-sū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: daixgixsu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tai²²⁻²¹ ɡi²²⁻²¹ su²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tai⁴¹⁻²² ɡi⁴¹⁻²² su⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tai²²⁻²¹ ɡi²²⁻²¹ su²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tai³³⁻¹¹ ɡi³³⁻¹¹ su³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai³³⁻²¹ ɡi³³⁻²¹ su³³/

Noun

代議士

(Taiwan, Hong Kong) synonym of 民意代表 (mínyì dàibiǎo, “elected representative”)

References

Shi, Youwei (史有为), chief ed., 商务印书馆辞书研究中心, ed. (2019). Xinhua Wailaici Cidian (新华外来词词典). Beijing: The Commercial Press. →ISBN.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
代	議	士
だい Grade: 3	ぎ Grade: 4	し Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) だいぎし [dàígíꜜshì] (Nakadaka – [3])
IPA^(key): [da̠iɡʲiɕi]

Noun

代(だい)議(ぎ)士(し) • (daigishi)

member of the Diet, member of the House of Representatives