宗旨

Chinese

		school; sect; purpose school; sect; purpose; model; ancestor; family	imperial decree; purport; aim imperial decree; purport; aim; purpose
trad. (宗旨)		宗	旨
simp. ^#(宗旨)		宗	旨

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zōngzhǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄥㄓˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ zi²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chong-chí

(Teochew, Peng'im): zong¹ zi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zōngzhǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄥㄓˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zongjhǐh
  - Wade–Giles: tsung¹-chih³
  - Yale: dzūng-jř
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzongjyy
  - Palladius: цзунчжи (czunčži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zung¹ zi²
  - Yale: jūng jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    中子
    中指
    中止
    宗旨
    盅子
    終止 / 终止
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chong-chí
  - Tâi-lô: tsong-tsí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zongcie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡si⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔŋ³³ t͡si⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡si⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡si⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡si⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zong¹ zi²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsong tsí
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡soŋ³³⁻²³ t͡si⁵²/

Noun

宗旨

aim; purpose; objective; mission
企業宗旨／企业宗旨 ― qǐyè zōngzhǐ ― mission statement

Derived terms

教育宗旨

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (宗旨):

→ Japanese: 宗(しゅう)旨(し) (shūshi)
→ Korean: 종지(宗旨) (jongji)

See also

主旨 (zhǔzhǐ)