御史

Chinese

		defend; imperial; to drive	history
trad. (御史)		御	史
simp. #(御史)		御	史

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yùshǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ ㄕˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁶ si²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yùshǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˋ ㄕˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yùshǐh
    • Wade–Giles: yü⁴-shih³
    • Yale: yù-shř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuhshyy
    • Palladius: юйши (jujši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁶ si²
    • Yale: yuh sí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁶ si²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁶ xi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²² siː³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: ngjoH sriX

Rime
Character	御	史
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	牛倨切	踈士切
Baxter	ngjoH	sriX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɨʌH/	/ʃɨX/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋiɔH/	/ʃɨX/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiɔH/	/ʃieX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋɨə̆H/	/ʂɨX/
Li Rong	/ŋiɔH/	/ʃiəX/
Wang Li	/ŋĭoH/	/ʃĭəX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋi̯woH/	/ʂiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yù	shǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyu6	si2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*m-[qʰ](r)aʔ  s-rəʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋas  srɯʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	御	史
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yù	shǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ ngjoX ›	‹ sriX ›
Old Chinese	/*m-[qʰ](r)aʔ/	/*s-rəʔ/
English	ward off; withstand	scribe
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	御	史
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	13181	11487
Phonetic component	午	史
Rime group	魚	之
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	御	史
Old Chinese	/*ŋas/	/*srɯʔ/

Noun

御史

1. (archaic) imperial oversight advisor (position title); imperial censor

Derived terms

• 侍御史 (shìyùshǐ)
• 御史大夫 (yùshǐ dàfū)
• 御史臺 / 御史台

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (御史):

• → Korean: 어사(御史) (eosa)