魔術

See also: 魔术

Chinese

		devil	method; technique
trad. (魔術)		魔	術
simp. (魔术)		魔	术

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): móshù

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˊ ㄕㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mo¹ seot⁶
Gan (Wiktionary): mo⁴ siit
Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): mo² sud⁶
Jin (Wiktionary): me¹ sueh⁴
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): mor² soh⁷ / mor² suoh⁷
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mô͘-su̍t
Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): mo¹ slat⁶
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶mo-zeq₈ / ⁶mu-zeq₈ / ²mo-zeq₈

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: móshù
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ ㄕㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: móshù
  - Wade–Giles: mo²-shu⁴
  - Yale: mwó-shù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: moshuh
  - Palladius: мошу (mošu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ³⁵ ʂu⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    模數 / 模数
    魔術 / 魔术
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mo¹ seot⁶
  - Yale: mō seuht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mo¹ soet⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: mo¹ sêd⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔː⁵⁵ sɵt̚²/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: mo⁴ siit
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mo³⁵ sɨt̚²/
Hakka
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: mo² sud⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /mo¹¹ sut̚⁵/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: me¹ sueh⁴
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /mɤ¹¹ suəʔ²/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: mor² soh⁷ [Phonetic: mor⁵ soh⁷]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: mó̤-seo̍h
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɒ¹³⁻¹¹ ɬɔʔ⁴/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: mor² suoh⁷ [Phonetic: mor⁵ suoh⁷]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɒ²⁴⁻²¹ ɬuoʔ⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mô͘-su̍t
  - Tâi-lô: môo-su̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mosut
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² sut̚⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² sut̚²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /mɔ̃¹³⁻²² sut̚¹²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻¹¹ sut̚⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /mɔ̃²³⁻³³ sut̚⁴/
Southern Pinghua
- (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
  - Jyutping++: mo¹ slat⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mo⁵³ ɬət̚²²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶mo-zeq₈
  - MiniDict: mo^去 zeh^入
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³mo-zeq₅
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mo²² zəʔ⁴⁴/
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶mu-zeq₈
  - MiniDict: mu^去 zeh^入
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³mu-zeq₅
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mu²² zəʔ⁴⁴/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ²mo-zeq₈
  - MiniDict: mo^平 zeh^入
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /mo²² zəʔ³³/

Noun

魔術

magic; illusionism (illusion performed to give the appearance of the supernatural)

Synonyms

(Jin) 影眼法, 變戲法／变戏法 (biàn xìfǎ)

Derived terms

魔術師 / 魔术师 (móshùshī)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
魔	術
ま Grade: S	じゅつ Grade: 5
goon

Etymology

Appears to be a coinage in Japanese of Middle Chinese-derived roots, as a compound of 魔 (ma, “supernatural”) +‎ 術 (jutsu, “technique, skill, ability”).^[1]^[2]^[3] First appears in texts from the early 1500s.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) まじゅつ [máꜜjùtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]
IPA^(key): [ma̠ʑɨt͡sɨ]

Noun

魔(ま)術(じゅつ) • (majutsu)

spellcraft, sorcery, witchcraft

Synonyms

Derived terms

魔術師(まじゅつし) (majutsushi), 魔術士(まじゅつし) (majutsushi): magician, sorcerer
白魔術(しろまじゅつ) (shiromajutsu): white magic
黒魔術(くろまじゅつ) (kuromajutsu): black magic

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988), 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
魔	術

Noun

魔術 • (masul) (hangeul 마술)

hanja form^? of 마술 (“magic”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
魔	術

Noun

魔術

chữ Hán form of ma thuật (“magic”)

[KDJ-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988), 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJS-3] Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN

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