修士

Chinese

		to decorate; to embellish; to repair to decorate; to embellish; to repair; to build; to study; to write; to cultivate	scholar; warrior; knight
trad. (修士)		修	士
simp. ^#(修士)		修	士

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiūshì

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄡㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sau¹ si⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siu-sū / siu-sǐr

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiūshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sioushìh
  - Wade–Giles: hsiu¹-shih⁴
  - Yale: syōu-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shioushyh
  - Palladius: сюши (sjuši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    修士
    修飾 / 修饰
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sau¹ si⁶
  - Yale: sāu sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sau¹ si⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: seo¹ xi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯⁵⁵ siː²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siu-sū
  - Tâi-lô: siu-sū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siusu
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siu⁴⁴⁻²² su²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /siu⁴⁴⁻³³ su³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siu-sǐr
  - Tâi-lô: siu-sǐr
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /siu³³ sɯ²²/

Noun

修士

(Catholicism, Orthodoxy) monk; brother (in a seminary); friar
(literary) man of irreproachable conduct

Japanese

Kanji in this term
修	士
しゅう Grade: 5	し Grade: 5
kan'on

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しゅうし [shúꜜùshì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɕɨːɕi]

Noun

修(しゅう)士(し) • (shūshi) ^{←しうし (siusi)^?}

A master's degree
A person holding such a degree

Derived terms

修(しゅう)士(し)課(か)程(てい) (shūshi katei)
修(しゅう)士(し)号(ごう) (shūshigō)

See also

学(がく)位(い) (gakui): academic degree
学(がく)士(し) (gakushi): bachelor's degree
博(はく)士(し) (hakushi): doctoral degree

References

Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN

^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“修士”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
修	士

Noun

修士 • (susa) (hangeul 수사)

hanja form^? of 수사 (“monk, brother”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
修	士

Noun

修士

chữ Hán form of tu sĩ (“clergyman; friar”)