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支柱

支柱

Chinese

		(a measure word); to support; to sustain (a measure word); to support; to sustain; to erect; to raise; branch; division; to draw money	pillar
simp. and trad. (支柱)		支	柱

Noun

支柱

pillar; prop
mainstay; backbone

Japanese

Kanji in this term
支	柱
し Grade: 5	ちゅう Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

支柱 ‎(hiragana しちゅう, romaji shichū)

(construction, architecture) brace, prop, strut, supporting pillar, supporting column, post

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zhīzhù

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄓㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹ cyu⁵
Min Nan (POJ): chi-chū / ki-chū / ki-chǔ / chi-thiāu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhīzhù
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄓㄨˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyjuh
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi¹ cyu⁵
  - Yale: jī chyúh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹ tsy⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰyː¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi-chū
  - Tâi-lô: tsi-tsū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cizu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕi⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su²²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕi⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki-chū
  - Tâi-lô: ki-tsū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kizu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ki⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki-chǔ
  - Tâi-lô: ki-tsǔ
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ki³³ t͡su²²/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi-thiāu
  - Tâi-lô: tsi-thiāu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ci'tiau
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕi⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰiaʊ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕi⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰiaʊ³³/