知事

Chinese

		to know; to be aware	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
simp. and trad. (知事)		知	事

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhīshì

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄕˋ
Min Nan (POJ): ti-sū

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: zhīshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄕˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyshyh
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    知事
    知識／知识
    芝士
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ti-sū
  - Tâi-lô: ti-sū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: disu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ti⁴⁴⁻²² su²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ti³³ su⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ti⁴⁴⁻²² su²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ti⁴⁴⁻³³ su³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ti⁴⁴⁻³³ su³³/

Etymology 1

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 知 (ち)事 (じ) (chiji, “governor”), which was in turn a semantic readaptation of Chinese 知事 (“sensible, wise”).

Noun

知事

(obsolete) magistrate or governor of a county or medium-size town during early days of the Republic of China
governor or magistrate of a Japanese prefecture

Etymology 2

Adjective

知事

sensible; reasonable; wise

Japanese

Kanji in this term
知	事
ち Grade: 2	じ Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

From obsolete Chinese 知府 (zhīfǔ, “governer or magistrate of a county or province”), which was often referred to as 知某州事 (one who knows matters concerning the county/province), which shortens to 知事.

Noun

知事 (hiragana ちじ, rōmaji chiji)

governor

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