信使
Chinese
letter; true; to believe; sign; evidence |
to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; messenger | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (信使) |
信 | 使 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄕˇ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinnshyy
- IPA (key): /ɕin⁵¹ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- Homophones:
[Show/Hide] 信使
信史
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: seon3 si3
- Yale: seun si
- Cantonese Pinyin: soen3 si3
- Guangdong Romanization: sên3 xi3
- IPA (key): /sɵn³³ siː³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 信 | 使 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 心 (16) | 生 (21) |
| Final (韻) | 眞 (43) | 之 (19) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 息晉切 | 踈吏切 |
| Reconstructions | ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/siɪnH/ | /ʃɨH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/sinH/ | /ʃɨH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/sjenH/ | /ʃieH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/sinH/ | /ʂɨH/ |
| Li Rong |
/siĕnH/ | /ʃiəH/ |
| Wang Li |
/sĭĕnH/ | /ʃĭəH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/si̯ĕnH/ | /ʂiH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
xìn | shì |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 信 | 使 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
xìn | shǐ |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ sinH › | ‹ sriH › |
| Old Chinese |
/*s-ni[ŋ]-s/ | /*s-rəʔ-s/ |
| English | truthful | envoy |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | ||
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 信 | 使 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 2/2 |
| No. | 13849 | 11491 |
| Phonetic component |
信 | 史 |
| Rime group |
眞 | 之 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
信 | 𩢲 |
| Old Chinese |
/*hljins/ | /*srɯs/ |
| Notes | 金文或從人從口，本指操信符傳言之信使，故表可信，或從言身聲 | |
Noun
信使
- courier; messenger
- (biochemistry) messenger (molecule)
Derived terms
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