十常侍

Chinese

		ten	always; ever; often always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant	attend on
trad. (十常侍)		十	常	侍
simp. #(十常侍)		十	常	侍

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shíchángshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄔㄤˊ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sap⁶ soeng⁴ si⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shíchángshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄔㄤˊ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíhchángshìh
    • Wade–Giles: shih²-chʻang²-shih⁴
    • Yale: shŕ-cháng-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrcharngshyh
    • Palladius: шичанши (šičanši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sap⁶ soeng⁴ si⁶
    • Yale: sahp sèuhng sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sap⁹ soeng⁴ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: seb⁶ sêng⁴ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐp̚² sœːŋ²¹ siː²²/

Noun

十常侍

1. (archaic) the Ten regular attendants, a powerful faction of eunuchs during the reign of the Emperor Ling of Han

References

• 十常侍 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh
• Ten Attendants on Wikipedia.Wikipedia