公使

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gōngshǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥㄕˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ si³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kong-sài

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gōngshǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥㄕˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gongshǐh
  - Wade–Giles: kung¹-shih³
  - Yale: gūng-shř
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongshyy
  - Palladius: гунши (gunši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gung¹ si³
  - Yale: gūng si
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ si³
  - Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ xi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ siː³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-sài
  - Tâi-lô: kong-sài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kongsaix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sai²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ sai⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sai²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sai¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sai²¹/

Noun

公使

(diplomacy) minister (rank of diplomat directly below ambassador)

Derived terms

公使館 / 公使馆 (gōngshǐguǎn)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (公使):

→ Japanese: 公使(こうし) (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

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こーし [kóꜜòshì] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [ko̞ːɕi]

Noun

公(こう)使(し) • (kōshi)

minister of a legation

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
公	使

Noun

公使

chữ Hán form of công sứ (“envoy”)