宗旨

Chinese

		school; sect; purpose school; sect; purpose; model; ancestor; family	imperial decree; purport; aim imperial decree; purport; aim; purpose
trad. (宗旨)		宗	旨
simp. #(宗旨)		宗	旨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zōngzhǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄥ ㄓˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ zi²

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chong-chí

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zong¹ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zōngzhǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄥ ㄓˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zongjhǐh
    • Wade–Giles: tsung¹-chih³
    • Yale: dzūng-jř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzongjyy
    • Palladius: цзунчжи (czunčži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zung¹ zi²
    • Yale: jūng jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 中子 中指 中止 宗旨 盅子 終止 / 终止

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chong-chí
    • Tâi-lô: tsong-tsí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zongcie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡si⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔŋ³³ t͡si⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡si⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡si⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡si⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zong¹ zi²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsong tsí
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡soŋ³³⁻²³ t͡si⁵²/

Noun

宗旨

1. aim; purpose; objective; mission

   企業宗旨／企业宗旨  ―  qǐyè zōngzhǐ  ―  mission statement

Derived terms

• 教育宗旨

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (宗旨):

• → Japanese: 宗(しゅう)旨(し) (shūshi)
• → Korean: 종지(宗旨) (jongji)

See also

• 主旨 (zhǔzhǐ)