亡者

Chinese

		to die; to perish	‑ist, ‑er (person); person (who does sth)
trad. (亡者)		亡	者
simp. #(亡者)		亡	者

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wángzhě

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˊ ㄓㄜˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mong⁴ ze²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wángzhě
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˊ ㄓㄜˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wángjhě
    • Wade–Giles: wang²-chê³
    • Yale: wáng-jě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wangjee
    • Palladius: ванчжэ (vančžɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mong⁴ ze²
    • Yale: mòhng jé
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mong⁴ dze²
    • Guangdong Romanization: mong⁴ zé²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔːŋ²¹ t͡sɛː³⁵/

Noun

亡者

1. (literary) the dead; the deceased; the departed

Synonyms

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• 亡人 (wángrén) (literary)
• 往生者 (wǎngshēngzhě) (Buddhism, euphemism)
• 故人 (gùrén) (literary)
• 死人 (sǐrén)
• 死者 (sǐzhě)
• 瓜碼子／瓜码子 (gua¹ ma³ zr) (Xiang)
• 聖人／圣人 (Hokkien, euphemism)
• 逝者 (shìzhě) (literary)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
亡	者
もう Grade: 6	しゃ > じゃ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
亡者 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) もーじゃ [móꜜòjà] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [mo̞ːʑa̠]

Noun

亡(もう)者(じゃ) • (mōja) ^{←まうじや (mauzya)?}

1. dead

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:死人

2. one who is preoccupied with money, power, etc.

   金(かね)の亡者(もうじゃ)

   kane no mōja

   slave to money

References

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