紳士

See also: 绅士

Chinese

		member of gentry	scholar; warrior; knight
trad. (紳士)		紳	士
simp. (绅士)		绅	士
anagram		士紳／士绅

Etymology

“(male) pervert”: Influenced by Japanese readaptation of the word in modern times. Popularized through the line of Kumakichi, a character in Gag Manga Biyori (see the quotation in Japanese below).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shēnshì

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄣㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): san¹ si⁶ / san¹ si^6-2
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ̂n-sṳ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sin-sǐr / sin-sū

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shēnshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄣㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shenshìh
  - Wade–Giles: shên¹-shih⁴
  - Yale: shēn-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenshyh
  - Palladius: шэньши (šɛnʹši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: san¹ si⁶ / san¹ si^6-2
  - Yale: sān sih / sān sí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: san¹ si⁶ / san¹ si^6-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: sen¹ xi⁶ / sen¹ xi^6-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn⁵⁵ siː²²/, /sɐn⁵⁵ siː²²⁻³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̂n-sṳ
  - Hakka Romanization System: siin^ˊ sii
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sin¹ si⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /sɨn²⁴⁻¹¹ sɨ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sin-sǐr
  - Tâi-lô: sin-sǐr
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sin³³ sɯ²²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sin-sū
  - Tâi-lô: sin-sū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sinsu
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /sin⁴⁴⁻³³ su³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sin⁴⁴⁻²² su²²/

Noun

紳士

gentleman; gentry
(ACG, Internet slang, ironic) (male) pervert

Synonyms

(gentleman): 士紳／士绅 (shìshēn)
(pervert): 變態／变态 (biàntài), (female) 淑女 (shūnǚ)

Derived terms

太平紳士 / 太平绅士 (tàipíng shēnshì)
紳士協定 / 绅士协定
紳士風度 / 绅士风度

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (紳士):

→ Japanese: 紳(しん)士(し) (shinshi)
→ Korean: 신사(紳士) (sinsa)
→ Vietnamese: thân sĩ (紳士)

Adjective

紳士

(informal) gentlemanly; courteous

Japanese

Kanji in this term
紳	士
しん Grade: S	し Grade: 5
on'yomi

Etymology

“(male) pervert”

Popularized through the following line by Kumakichi, a character in Gag Manga Biyori:

仮(かり)に変態(へんたい)だとしても変態(へんたい)という名(な)の紳士(しんし)だよ。

Kari ni hentai da to shite mo hentai toiu na no shinshi da yo.

Even if I'm a pervert, I'm only a gentleman in name of a pervert.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しんし [shíꜜǹshì] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [ɕĩɰ̃ɕi]

Noun

紳(しん)士(し) • (shinshi)

gentleman
(Internet slang, ironic) (male) pervert

Synonyms

(pervert): 変(へん)態(たい) (hentai), (female) 淑(しゅく)女(じょ) (shukujo)

Korean

Hanja in this term
紳	士

Noun

紳士 • (sinsa) (hangeul 신사)

hanja form^? of 신사 (“gentleman”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
紳	士

Noun

紳士

chữ Hán form of thân sĩ (“a learned person; a literatus”)