采詩

Chinese

		to gather; to collect	poem; poetry; verse
trad. (采詩)		采	詩
simp. (采诗)		采	诗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cǎishī

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄞˇ ㄕ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cǎishī
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˇ ㄕ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǎishih
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻai³-shih¹
    • Yale: tsǎi-shr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaeshy
    • Palladius: цайши (cajši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tshojX syi

Rime
Character	采	詩
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	倉宰切	書之切
Baxter	tshojX	syi
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰʌiX/	/ɕɨ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰəiX/	/ɕɨ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰɒiX/	/ɕie/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰəjX/	/ɕɨ/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰᴀiX/	/ɕiə/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰɒiX/	/ɕĭə/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sʰɑ̆iX/	/ɕi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cǎi	shī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	coi2	si1

Verb

采詩

1. (historical) to collect folk songs from the people, as a way to learn about their concerns

   • 故古有采詩之官，王者所以觀風俗，知得失，自考正也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     故古有采诗之官，王者所以观风俗，知得失，自考正也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE

     Gù gǔ yǒu cǎishī zhī guān, wángzhě suǒyǐ guān fēngsú, zhī déshī, zì kǎozhèng yě. [Pinyin]

     So in ancient days, there were officials whose charge was to collect folk songs, by means of which princes observed the customs of the folk, learned about their gains and losses, and reflected on themselves.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (采詩):

• → Japanese: 采詩(さいし) (saishi)
• → Korean: 채시(采詩) (chaesi)

Korean

Hanja in this term
采	詩

Noun

采詩 • (chaesi) (hangeul 채시)

1. hanja form^? of 채시 (“(historical) gathering folk songs from the people”)