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修辭

修辭

Chinese

		to decorate; to embellish; to repair to decorate; to embellish; to repair; to build; to study; to write; to cultivate	bid farewell; diction; resign bid farewell; diction; resign; say goodbye; take leave; decline
trad. (修辭)		修	辭
simp. (修辞)		修	辞

Noun

修辭

rhetoric

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): xiūcí

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄡㄘˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sau¹ ci⁴
Min Nan (POJ): siu-sîr / siu-sû

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiūcí
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡㄘˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shioutsyr
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰz̩³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sau¹ ci⁴
  - Yale: sāu chìh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sau¹ tsi⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰiː²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siu-sîr
  - Tâi-lô: siu-sîr
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiu³³ sɯ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siu-sû
  - Tâi-lô: siu-sû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siusuu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiu⁴⁴⁻²² su²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiu⁴⁴⁻²² su¹³/