特使

Chinese

		special; unusual; extraordinary special; unusual; extraordinary; male animal	to make; to cause; to enable to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; messenger
trad. (特使)		特	使
simp. ^#(特使)		特	使

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tèshǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄜˋ ㄕˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dak⁶ si³ / dak⁶ si⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): te̍k-sài / tia̍k-sài

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tèshǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄜˋ ㄕˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tèshǐh
  - Wade–Giles: tʻê⁴-shih³
  - Yale: tè-shř
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tehshyy
  - Palladius: тэши (tɛši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɤ⁵¹ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dak⁶ si³ / dak⁶ si⁵
  - Yale: dahk si / dahk síh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dak⁹ si³ / dak⁹ si⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: deg⁶ xi³ / deg⁶ xi⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐk̚² siː³³/, /tɐk̚² siː¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: te̍k-sài
  - Tâi-lô: ti̍k-sài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: degsaix
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiɪk̚⁴⁻³² sai¹¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Kaohsiung): /tiɪk̚⁴⁻³² sai²¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ sai²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tia̍k-sài
  - Tâi-lô: tia̍k-sài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diagsaix
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiak̚²⁴⁻² sai⁴¹/

Noun

特使

special envoy; special ambassador

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (特使):

→ Japanese: 特使(とくし) (tokushi)
→ Korean: 특사(特使) (teuksa)
→ Vietnamese: đặc sứ (特使)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
特	使
とく Grade: 4	し Grade: 3
kan'on

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [to̞kɯ̟ɕi]

Noun

特(とく)使(し) • (tokushi)

special envoy; special ambassador

Korean

Hanja in this term
特	使

Noun

特使 • (teuksa) (hangeul 특사)

hanja form^? of 특사 (“envoy, emissary; special ambassador”)