爵士

Chinese

		nobility; (ancient wine holder with 3 legs and loop handle)	scholar; warrior; knight
simp. and trad. (爵士)		爵	士

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): juéshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoek³ si⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiok-sū / chiok-sǐr / chiak-sū
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷ciaq-zy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: juéshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyuéshìh
    • Wade–Giles: chüeh²-shih⁴
    • Yale: jywé-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyueshyh
    • Palladius: цзюэши (czjueši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zoek³ si⁶
    • Yale: jeuk sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoek⁸ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêg³ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sœːk̚³ siː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiok-sū
    • Tâi-lô: tsiok-sū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cioksu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɔk̚³²⁻⁴ su²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡siɔk̚³²⁻⁴ su³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiok-sǐr
    • Tâi-lô: tsiok-sǐr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ sɯ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiak-sū
    • Tâi-lô: tsiak-sū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciaksu
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siak̚³²⁻⁵ su²²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷ciaq-zy
    • MiniDict: ciah^入 zy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴jiaq-zr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕiaʔ³³ zz̩⁴⁴/

Etymology 1

Noun

爵士

1. knight; sir

Etymology 2

Phono-semantic matching of English jazz via Shanghainese.

Noun

爵士

1. (music) jazz

Synonyms

• 爵士樂／爵士乐 (juéshìyuè)

Derived terms

• 爵士樂／爵士乐 (juéshìyuè)
• 爵士舞 (juéshìwǔ)
• 爵士音樂／爵士音乐 (juéshì yīnyuè)
• 爵士鼓 (juéshìgǔ)