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司法

司法

Chinese

		company; control	law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (司法)		司	法

Noun

司法

administration of justice; judiciary; judicature

Derived terms

司法部 (sīfǎbù)

司法部長／司法部长 (sīfǎ bùzhǎng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
司	法
し Grade: 4	ほう Grade: 4
on'yomi

Noun

司法 ‎(hiragana しほう, romaji shihō)

justice, judiciary, a national function

Korean

Hanja in this term
司	法

Noun

司法 • ‎(sabeop) ‎(hangeul 사법)

Hanja form^? of 사법, “justice, judiciary”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): sīfǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄈㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ faat³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ̂-fap
Min Nan (POJ): sir-hoat / su-hoat

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: sīfǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄈㄚˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syfaa
  - IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵⁵ fa̠²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: si¹ faat³
  - Yale: sī faat
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ faat⁸
  - IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ fɑːt̚³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̂-fap
  - Hakka Romanization System: sii´ fab`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: si¹ fab⁵
  - IPA: /sɨ²⁴ fap̚²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sir-hoat
  - Tâi-lô: sir-huat
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ³³ huat̚⁵/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-hoat
  - Tâi-lô: su-huat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: su'hoad
  - IPA (Taipei): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ huat̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ huat̚³²/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /su⁴⁴⁻²² huat̚³²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /su⁴⁴⁻²² huat̚³²/