如斯

Chinese

		as (if); such as	phonetic; this
trad. (如斯)		如	斯
simp. ^#(如斯)		如	斯

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rúsī

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˊ ㄙ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴ si¹
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zy² so¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: rúsī
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˊ ㄙ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: rúsih
  - Wade–Giles: ju²-ssŭ¹
  - Yale: rú-sz̄
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rusy
  - Palladius: жусы (žusy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu³⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyu⁴ si¹
  - Yale: yùh sī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴ si¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴ xi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹ siː⁵⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zy² so¹ [Phonetic: zy⁵ lo¹]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: cṳ́-seo
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sy¹³⁻¹¹ ^(ɬ-)lo⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zy² so¹ [Phonetic: zy⁵ lo¹]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sy²⁴⁻²¹ ^(ɬ-)lo⁵⁴⁴/

Adverb

如斯

(literary) like this; such; this way

Synonyms

如此 (rúcǐ)
這樣／这样 (zhèyàng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (如斯):

→ Korean: 여사(如斯) (yeosa)

References

莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “如斯”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 602.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
如	斯
かくのごとし
Grade: S	Jinmeiyō
jukujikun

For pronunciation and definitions of 如斯 – see the following entry.

【かくのごとし】

[adjective] (literary) such

Alternative spellings
斯くの如し, 斯の如し

(This term, 如斯, is an alternative spelling (literary, obsolete) of the above term.)