編者

See also: 编者

Chinese

		weave; plait; organize weave; plait; organize; group; arrange; edit; compile; write; compose; fabricate	‑ist, ‑er (person); person (who does something)
trad. (編者)		編	者
simp. (编者)		编	者

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 編(へん)者(しゃ) (hensha),^[1] first attested in 《遊日本學校筆記》 by Xiang Wenrui in 1913.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): biānzhě

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢㄓㄜˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pin¹ ze²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phian-chiá / pian-chiá

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: biānzhě
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢㄓㄜˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bianjhě
  - Wade–Giles: pien¹-chê³
  - Yale: byān-jě
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bianjee
  - Palladius: бяньчжэ (bjanʹčžɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: pin¹ ze²
  - Yale: pīn jé
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pin¹ dze²
  - Guangdong Romanization: pin¹ zé²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡sɛː³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phian-chiá
  - Tâi-lô: phian-tsiá
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phienciar
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sia⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sia⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰiɛn³³ t͡sia⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sia⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pian-chiá
  - Tâi-lô: pian-tsiá
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pienciar
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /piɛn⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sia⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sia⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /piɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sia⁵³/

Noun

編者

editor (one who edits); compiler

Synonyms

(editor): 小編／小编 (xiǎobiān)

Derived terms

編者按 / 编者按 (biānzhě'àn)

References

^ 汉语外来词词典 [Chinese Loanword Dictionary] (in Chinese), 1984, page 148

Japanese

Kanji in this term
編	者
へん Grade: 5	しゃ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) へんしゃ [héꜜǹshà] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [hẽ̞ɰ̃ɕa̠]

Noun

編(へん)者(しゃ) or 編者(へんじゃ) • (hensha or henja)

editor

Descendants

→ Chinese: 編者 / 编者 (biānzhě)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN