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武士

武士

Chinese

		martial; military	scholar; warrior; knight
simp. and trad. (武士)		武	士

Noun

武士

(literary) soldier; warrior
(literary) samurai

Japanese

Kanji in this term
武	士
ぶ Grade: 5	し Grade: 4
on'yomi

Noun

武士 ‎(hiragana ぶし, romaji bushi)

samurai, warrior

Korean

Hanja in this term
武	士

Noun

武士 • ‎(musa) ‎(hangeul 무사)

Hanja form^? of 무사, “warrior”.

Vietnamese

Han character

武士 (vũ sĩ, võ sĩ)

(sports) combat sport contender; judoka, karateka, boxer, etc.
warrior
samurai

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): wǔshì

(Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁵ si⁶
Min Nan (POJ): bú-sū / bú-sǐr

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: wǔshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄕˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuushyh
  - IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁵ si⁶
  - Yale: móuh sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁵ si⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /mou̯¹³ siː²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bú-sū
  - Tâi-lô: bú-sū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bwsu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su²²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ su³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bú-sǐr
  - Tâi-lô: bú-sǐr
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sɯ²²/