智者

Chinese

		wisdom; knowledge	‑ist, ‑er (person); person (who does something)
simp. and trad. (智者)		智	者

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhìzhě

(Zhuyin): ㄓˋ ㄓㄜˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi³ ze²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ-chá
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tì-chiá

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhìzhě
  - Zhuyin: ㄓˋ ㄓㄜˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhìhjhě
  - Wade–Giles: chih⁴-chê³
  - Yale: jr̀-jě
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyhjee
  - Palladius: чжичжэ (čžičžɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi³ ze²
  - Yale: ji jé
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi³ dze²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji³ zé²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³³ t͡sɛː³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ-chá
  - Hakka Romanization System: zii za^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zi⁴ za³
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ⁵⁵ t͡sa³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tì-chiá
  - Tâi-lô: tì-tsiá
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dieciar
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ti²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sia⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ti⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sia⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ti²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sia⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ti¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sia⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ti²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sia⁴¹/

Noun

智者

wise man; man of wisdom; sage

Derived terms

仁者見仁，智者見智 / 仁者见仁，智者见智 (rénzhě jiàn rén, zhìzhě jiàn zhì)
智者不惑
智者千慮，必有一失 / 智者千虑，必有一失 (zhìzhěqiānlǜ, bìyǒuyīshī)
智者千慮必有一失 / 智者千虑必有一失
流言止於智者 / 流言止于智者 (liúyán zhǐ yú zhìzhě)
謠言止於智者 / 谣言止于智者

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (智者):

→ Korean: 지자(智者) (jija)
→ Vietnamese: trí giả (智者)