樞機

See also: 枢机

Chinese

		hinge; pivot	machine; opportunity; secret
trad. (樞機)		樞	機
simp. (枢机)		枢	机
Literally: “pivot and mechanism”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shūjī

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨ ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syu¹ gei¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): su-ki / chhu-ki

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shūjī
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨ ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuji
    • Wade–Giles: shu¹-chi¹
    • Yale: shū-jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuji
    • Palladius: шуцзи (šuczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syu¹ gei¹
    • Yale: syū gēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sy¹ gei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xu¹ géi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syː⁵⁵ kei̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-ki
    • Tâi-lô: su-ki
    • Phofsit Daibuun: su'ky
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /su³³ ki³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /su⁴⁴⁻²² ki⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhu-ki
    • Tâi-lô: tshu-ki
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhu'ky
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰu⁴⁴⁻³³ ki⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyhu kj+j

Rime
Character	樞	機
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	昌 (24)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	微 (20)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	昌朱切	居依切
Baxter	tsyhu	kj+j
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕʰɨo/	/kɨi/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕʰio/	/kɨi/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕʰio/	/kiəi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cʰuə̆/	/kɨj/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕʰio/	/kiəi/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕʰĭu/	/kĭəi/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕʰi̯u/	/ke̯i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chū	jī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cyu1	gei1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*t.qʰ(r)o  kəj/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰjo  kɯl/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	樞	機
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shū	jī
Middle Chinese	‹ tsyhu ›	‹ kjɨj ›
Old Chinese	/*t.qʰ(r)o/	/*kəj/
English	pivot	mechanism
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	樞	機
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	10604	5788
Phonetic component	區	幾
Rime group	侯	微
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	樞	機
Old Chinese	/*kʰjo/	/*kɯl/

Noun

樞機

1. (figurative) crucial element
2. key government post; vital public office
3. (Christianity) cardinal

Derived terms

• 樞機主教 / 枢机主教 (shūjī zhǔjiào)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (樞機):

• → Japanese: 枢(すう)機(き) (sūki)
• → Korean: 추기(樞機) (chugi)