進士

See also: 进士

Chinese

		advance; enter; to come in	scholar; warrior; knight
trad. (進士)		進	士
simp. (进士)		进	士
Literally: “advanced scholar”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jìnshì

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zeon³ si⁶
Min Nan (POJ): chìn-sū

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: jìnshì → jìnshi (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄕˋ → ㄐㄧㄣˋ ˙ㄕ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinn.shyh
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/ → /t͡ɕin⁵¹ ʂʐ̩¹/
  - Homophones:
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    近世
    近侍
    近視／近视
    進士／进士
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zeon³ si⁶
  - Yale: jeun sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzoen³ si⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: zên³ xi⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕɵn³³ siː²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chìn-sū
  - Tâi-lô: tsìn-sū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciensu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕin²¹⁻⁵³ su²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕin⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ su⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕin²¹⁻⁵³ su²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕin¹¹⁻⁵³ su³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕin²¹⁻⁴¹ su³³/

Noun

進士

(historical) “advanced” or “entered graduate”, a scholar who had successfully passed the highest level of the Chinese imperial examinations (殿試), usually held triennially at the imperial court.

Synonyms

本科 (běnkē)

Hyponyms

進士及第／进士及第, 進士出身／进士出身, 同進士出身／同进士出身, 狀元／状元 (zhuàngyuán), 榜眼 (bǎngyǎn), 探花 (tànhuā)

Derived terms

不櫛進士／不栉进士
同進士出身／同进士出身
武進士／武进士

進士出身／进士出身
進士及第／进士及第

Vietnamese

Noun

進士 (tiến sĩ)

one who has successfully passed a test to be a scholar in feudal Vietnam

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