宣教師

Chinese

		to preach a religion; to evangelize	a division (milit.); teacher; master a division (milit.); teacher; master; expert; model
trad. (宣教師)		宣教	師
simp. (宣教师)		宣教	师

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xuānjiàoshī

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄕ
Cantonese (Jyutping): syun¹ gaau³ si¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): soan-kàu-su

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xuānjiàoshī
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄕ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syuanjiàoshih
  - Wade–Giles: hsüan¹-chiao⁴-shih¹
  - Yale: sywān-jyàu-shr̄
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuanjiawshy
  - Palladius: сюаньцзяоши (sjuanʹczjaoši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: syun¹ gaau³ si¹
  - Yale: syūn gaau sī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: syn¹ gaau³ si¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xun¹ gao³ xi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːn⁵⁵ kaːu̯³³ siː⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soan-kàu-su
  - Tâi-lô: suan-kàu-su
  - Phofsit Daibuun: soankaosw
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /suan⁴⁴⁻³³ kau¹¹⁻⁵³ su⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /suan⁴⁴⁻³³ kau²¹⁻⁴¹ su⁴⁴/

Noun

宣教師

Synonyms

傳教士／传教士 (chuánjiàoshì)
(missionary): 宣教士 (xuānjiàoshì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
宣	教	師
せん Grade: 6	きょう Grade: 2	し Grade: 5
on'yomi

Etymology

宣教(せんきょう) (senkyō, “religious mission”) + 師(し) (-shi, “-ist; expert”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) せんきょーし [sèńkyóꜜòshì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [sẽ̞ŋʲkʲo̞ːɕi]

Noun

宣(せん)教(きょう)師(し) • (senkyōshi)

missionary

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (2016), NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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