辯士

Chinese

		dispute; debate; argue dispute; debate; argue; discuss	scholar; warrior; knight
trad. (辯士)		辯	士
simp. (辩士)		辩	士

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): biànshì

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bin⁶ si⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: biànshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: biànshìh
  - Wade–Giles: pien⁴-shih⁴
  - Yale: byàn-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biannshyh
  - Palladius: бяньши (bjanʹši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    便士
    便是
    辨識 / 辨识
    遍視 / 遍视
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bin⁶ si⁶
  - Yale: bihn sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bin⁶ si⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: bin⁶ xi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːn²² siː²²/

Noun

辯士

(formal) debater

Synonyms

辯手／辩手 (biànshǒu)

Etymology 2

Phono-semantic matching of Japanese 弁士 (benshi).

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): piān-sū

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piān-sū
  - Tâi-lô: piān-sū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: piexnsu
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɛn³³⁻²¹ su³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /piɛn³³⁻¹¹ su³³/

Noun

辯士

(Taiwanese Hokkien) a live narrator for a silent film; a benshi

References

“辯士”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.