聖旨

See also: 圣旨

Chinese

		holy; sacred; saint holy; sacred; saint; sage	imperial decree; purport; aim imperial decree; purport; aim; purpose
trad. (聖旨)		聖	旨
simp. (圣旨)		圣	旨

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shèngzhǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˋ ㄓˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sing³ zi²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳn-chṳ́
Eastern Min (BUC): séng-cī
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sèng-chí

(Teochew, Peng'im): sian³ zi²
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵sen-tsy

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shèngzhǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˋ ㄓˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shèngjhǐh
  - Wade–Giles: shêng⁴-chih³
  - Yale: shèng-jř
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenqjyy
  - Palladius: шэнчжи (šɛnčži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: sing³ zi²
  - Yale: sing jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sing³ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: xing³ ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ³³ t͡siː³⁵/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    性子
    聖子 / 圣子
    聖旨 / 圣旨
    蟶子 / 蛏子
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳn-chṳ́
  - Hakka Romanization System: siin zii^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sin⁴ zi³
  - Sinological IPA: /sɨn⁵⁵ t͡sɨ³¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: séng-cī
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siŋ²¹³⁻⁵³ ^(t͡s-)ʒi³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sèng-chí
  - Tâi-lô: sìng-tsí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: seangcie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡si⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡si⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡si⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡si⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡si⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sian³ zi²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siàⁿ tsí
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sĩã²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡si⁵²⁻²¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵sen-tsy
  - MiniDict: sen^去 tsy
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²sen-tsr
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sən³³ t͡sz̩⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: syengH tsyijX

Rime
Character	聖	旨
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	清 (121)	脂 (17)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	式正切	職雉切
Baxter	syengH	tsyijX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiᴇŋ^H/	/t͡ɕˠiɪ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiɛŋ^H/	/t͡ɕᵚi^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕiæŋ^H/	/t͡ɕiɪ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕiajŋ^H/	/cji^X/
Li Rong	/ɕiɛŋ^H/	/t͡ɕji^X/
Wang Li	/ɕĭɛŋ^H/	/t͡ɕi^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɕi̯ɛŋ^H/	/t͡ɕi^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shèng	zhǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sing³	zi²

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*l̥eŋ-s kijʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*hljeŋs kjiʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	聖	旨
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shèng	zhǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ syeng^H ›	‹ tsyij^X ›
Old Chinese	/*l̥eŋ-s/	/*kijʔ/
English	sage (n.)	fine-tasting
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	聖	旨
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	11391	17326
Phonetic component	聖	旨
Rime group	耕	脂
Rime subdivision	0	2
Corresponding MC rime	聖	旨
Old Chinese	/*hljeŋs/	/*kjiʔ/
Notes	甲金文象人張耳對口會耳聰意，非呈聲	甲文象匕在口表甘美，非匕聲

Noun

聖旨

(historical) imperial edict (Classifier: 道)

Synonyms

edit

上諭 / 上谕 (shàngyù)
制誥 / 制诰 (zhìgào)
大命 (dàmìng)
敕令 (chìlìng)
敕命 (chìmìng)
敕書 / 敕书 (chìshū)
旨意 (zhǐyì)
欽命 / 钦命 (qīnmìng)
詔令 / 诏令 (zhàolìng)
詔旨 / 诏旨 (zhàozhǐ)
詔書 / 诏书 (zhàoshū)