修辭

See also: 修辞

Chinese

		to decorate; to embellish; to repair to decorate; to embellish; to repair; to build; to study; to write; to cultivate	bid farewell; diction; resign bid farewell; diction; resign; say goodbye; take leave; decline
trad. (修辭)		修	辭
simp. (修辞)		修	辞

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiūcí

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄡ ㄘˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau¹ ci⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siu-sîr / siu-sû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiūcí
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡ ㄘˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sioucíh
    • Wade–Giles: hsiu¹-tzʻŭ²
    • Yale: syōu-tsź
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shioutsyr
    • Palladius: сюцы (sjucy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰz̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau¹ ci⁴
    • Yale: sāu chìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau¹ tsi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo¹ qi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰiː²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siu-sîr
    • Tâi-lô: siu-sîr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siu³³ sɯ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siu-sû
    • Tâi-lô: siu-sû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siusuu
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siu⁴⁴⁻²² su¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siu⁴⁴⁻²² su²⁴/

Verb

修辭

1. (literary) to polish the language

Noun

修辭

1. figure of speech; rhetoric

   修辭手法／修辞手法  ―  xiūcí shǒufǎ  ―  rhetorical device

Synonyms

• 辭章／辞章 (cízhāng)

Derived terms

• 修辭學 / 修辞学 (xiūcíxué)
• 修辭格 / 修辞格

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
修	辭
しゅう Grade: 5	じ Hyōgai
kan'on	goon

For pronunciation and definitions of 修辭 – see the following entry.

【修辞しゅうじ】 [noun] rhetoric (art of using language)

(This term, 修辭, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
修	辭

Noun

修辭 • (susa) (hangeul 수사)

1. hanja form^? of 수사 (“rhetoric, figure of speech”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
修	辭

Adjective

修辭

1. chữ Hán form of tu từ (“rhetorical”).