奢侈

Chinese

	extravagant	extravagant; wasteful; exaggerating
trad. (奢侈)	奢	侈
simp. ^#(奢侈)	奢	侈
anagram	侈奢

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shēchǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄜㄔˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ce¹ ci² / se¹ ci²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhia-chhír / chhia-chhí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shēchǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄜㄔˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shechǐh
  - Wade–Giles: shê¹-chʻih³
  - Yale: shē-chř
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shechyy
  - Palladius: шэчи (šɛči)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ce¹ ci² / se¹ ci²
  - Yale: chē chí / sē chí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tse¹ tsi² / se¹ tsi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: cé¹ qi² / sé¹ qi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛː⁵⁵ t͡sʰiː³⁵/, /sɛː⁵⁵ t͡sʰiː³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhia-chhír
  - Tâi-lô: tshia-tshír
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰia³³ t͡sʰɯ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhia-chhí
  - Tâi-lô: tshia-tshí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chiachie
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰia⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰi⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰia⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰi⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰia⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰi⁵³/

Adjective

奢侈

luxurious; extravagant
閒居是一種奢侈。 [MSC, trad.]
闲居是一种奢侈。 [MSC, simp.]
Xiánjū shì yī zhǒng shēchǐ. [Pinyin]
Being able to stay at home doing nothing in particular is a kind of luxury.
- 夫以奢侈之君，御妤淫僻之民，欲國無亂，不可得也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  夫以奢侈之君，御妤淫僻之民，欲国无乱，不可得也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Mozi, c. 4^th century BCE
  Fú yǐ shēchǐ zhī jūn, yù yú yínpì zhī mín, yù guó wúluàn, bùkě dé yě. [Pinyin]
  To have wasteful and extravagant rulers achieve good control over dissolute and mean people, and desire the state to be without disorder is out of the question.

Synonyms

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侈奢 (chǐshē) (formal)
奢華 / 奢华 (shēhuá)
奢靡
排場 / 排场
繁華 / 繁华 (fánhuá) (literary)
豪華 / 豪华 (háohuá)
鋪張 / 铺张 (pūzhāng)
鋪排 / 铺排 (pūpái)

Derived terms

奢侈品 (shēchǐpǐn)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
奢	侈
しゃ Hyōgai	し Hyōgai
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しゃし [sháꜜshì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]
IPA^(key): [ɕa̠ɕi]

Noun

奢(しゃ)侈(し) • (shashi) ^{←しやし (syasi)^?}

luxury; extravagance

Derived terms

奢(しゃ)侈(し)品(ひん) (shashihin)
奢(しゃ)侈(し)税(ぜい) (shashizei)
奢(しゃ)侈(し)費(ひ) (shashihi)

Adjective

奢(しゃ)侈(し) • (shashi) ^{←しやし (syasi)^?}-na (adnominal 奢(しゃ)侈(し)な (shashi na), adverbial 奢(しゃ)侈(し)に (shashi ni))

luxurious; extravagant

Inflection

Inflection of 奢侈
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	奢侈だろ	しゃしだろ	shashi daro
Continuative (連用形)	奢侈で	しゃしで	shashi de
Terminal (終止形)	奢侈だ	しゃしだ	shashi da
Attributive (連体形)	奢侈な	しゃしな	shashi na
Hypothetical (仮定形)	奢侈なら	しゃしなら	shashi nara
Imperative (命令形)	奢侈であれ	しゃしであれ	shashi de are
Key constructions
Informal negative	奢侈ではない奢侈じゃない	しゃしではないしゃしじゃない	shashi de wa nai shashi ja nai
Informal past	奢侈だった	しゃしだった	shashi datta
Informal negative past	奢侈ではなかった奢侈じゃなかった	しゃしではなかったしゃしじゃなかった	shashi de wa nakatta shashi ja nakatta
Formal	奢侈です	しゃしです	shashi desu
Formal negative	奢侈ではありません奢侈じゃありません	しゃしではありませんしゃしじゃありません	shashi de wa arimasen shashi ja arimasen
Formal past	奢侈でした	しゃしでした	shashi deshita
Formal negative past	奢侈ではありませんでした奢侈じゃありませんでした	しゃしではありませんでしたしゃしじゃありませんでした	shashi de wa arimasen deshita shashi ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive	奢侈で	しゃしで	shashi de
Conditional	奢侈なら（ば）	しゃしなら（ば）	shashi nara (ba)
Provisional	奢侈だったら	しゃしだったら	shashi dattara
Volitional	奢侈だろう	しゃしだろう	shashi darō
Adverbial	奢侈に	しゃしに	shashi ni
Degree	奢侈さ	しゃしさ	shashisa

Classical conjugation of "奢侈なり" (ナリ活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形)	奢侈なら	しやしなら	syasinara
Continuative (連用形)	奢侈に^[1] 奢侈なり^[2]	しやしにしやしなり	syasini syasinari
Terminal (終止形)	奢侈なり	しやしなり	syasinari
Attributive (連体形)	奢侈なる	しやしなる	syasinaru
Realis (已然形)	奢侈なれ	しやしなれ	syasinare
Imperative (命令形)	奢侈なれ	しやしなれ	syasinare
Key constructions
Negative	奢侈ならず	しやしならず	syasinarazu
Contrasting conjunction	奢侈なれど	しやしなれど	syasinaredo
Causal conjunction	奢侈なれば	しやしなれば	syasinareba
Conditional conjunction	奢侈ならば	しやしならば	syasinaraba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge)	奢侈なりき	しやしなりき	syasinariki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge)	奢侈なりけり	しやしなりけり	syasinarikeri
Adverbial	奢侈に	しやしに	syasini

^[1]Without auxiliary verb.
^[2]With auxiliary verb.

References

^ 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
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ “奢侈”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

Korean

Hanja in this term
奢	侈

Noun

奢侈 • (sachi) (hangeul 사치)

hanja form^? of 사치

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
奢	侈

Adjective

奢侈

chữ Hán form of xa xỉ

[SMK7-1] Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJR-2] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-3] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[NKD2-4] “奢侈”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

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