猛士

Chinese

		ferocious; suddenly; fierce ferocious; suddenly; fierce; violent; abrupt	scholar; warrior; knight
simp. and trad. (猛士)		猛	士

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): měngshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˇ ㄕˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: měngshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˇ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: měngshìh
    • Wade–Giles: mêng³-shih⁴
    • Yale: měng-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meengshyh
    • Palladius: мэнши (mɛnši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: maengX dzriX

Rime
Character	猛	士
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	崇 (20)
Final (韻)	庚 (109)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	莫幸切	鉏里切
Baxter	maengX	dzriX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠæŋX/	/d͡ʒɨX/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚaŋX/	/ɖ͡ʐɨX/
Shao Rongfen	/maŋX/	/d͡ʒieX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/maɨjŋX/	/ɖ͡ʐɨX/
Li Rong	/mɐŋX/	/d͡ʒiəX/
Wang Li	/mɐŋX/	/d͡ʒĭəX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mɐŋX/	/ɖ͡ʐʱiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	měng	zhì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mang5	zi6

Noun

猛士

1. brave warrior

Synonyms

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• 健兒 / 健儿 (jiàn'ér)
• 勇士 (yǒngshì)
• 壯士 / 壮士 (zhuàngshì)
• 戰士 / 战士 (zhànshì)
• 武人 (wǔrén)
• 武士 (wǔshì)
• 虎賁 / 虎贲 (hǔbēn) (archaic)
• 鬥士 / 斗士 (dòushì)