師徒

Chinese

		a division (milit.); teacher; master a division (milit.); teacher; master; expert; model	apprentice; disciple
trad. (師徒)		師	徒
simp. (师徒)		师	徒

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	師	徒
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	生 (21)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	疏夷切	同都切
Baxter	srij	du
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃˠiɪ/	/duo/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃᵚi/	/duo/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃiɪ/	/do/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂji/	/dɔ/
Li Rong	/ʃji/	/do/
Wang Li	/ʃi/	/du/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʂi/	/dʱuo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shī	tú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	si1	tou4

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	師	徒
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shī	tú
Middle Chinese	‹ srij ›	‹ du ›
Old Chinese	/*srij/	/*[d]ˁa/
English	master	go on foot
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	師	徒
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	11433	12494
Phonetic component	師	徒
Rime group	脂	魚
Rime subdivision	2	0
Corresponding MC rime	師	徒
Old Chinese	/*sri/	/*l'aː/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shītú

  (Zhuyin): ㄕ ㄊㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ tou⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shītú
    • Zhuyin: ㄕ ㄊㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shihtú
    • Wade–Giles: shih¹-tʻu²
    • Yale: shr̄-tú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shytwu
    • Palladius: шиту (šitu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ tʰu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: si¹ tou⁴
    • Yale: sī tòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ tou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ tou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ tʰou̯²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 司徒 師徒／师徒

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• Middle Chinese: srij du

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*srij  [d]ˤa/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sri  l'aː/

Noun

師徒

1. master and disciple; teacher and apprentice

   • 私學成群，謂之師徒。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     私学成群，谓之师徒。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Han Feizi, circa 2^nd century BCE

     Sīxué chéngqún, wèi zhī shītú. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. (Classical) troops; soldiers
3. (Classical) army

Synonyms

• (troops):

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• 兵人 (bīngrén) (literary)
• 兵仔 (Hakka, Hokkien)
• 兵勇 (bīngyǒng) (dated)
• 兵卒 (bīngzú) (dated)
• 兵員／兵员 (bīngyuán)
• 兵士 (bīngshì)
• 兵跤仔 (Hokkien, dated)
• 士人 (shìrén) (archaic)
• 士兵 (shìbīng)
• 士卒 (shìzú) (archaic)
• 大兵 (dàbīng) (dated, sometimes derogatory)
• 戰士／战士 (zhànshì)
• 旌旗 (jīngqí) (figurative, literary)
• 武人 (wǔrén)
• 武士 (wǔshì)
• 武夫 (wǔfū) (literary)
• 營兵／营兵 (Hokkien, dated)
• 甲士 (jiǎshì) (archaic)
• 軍人／军人 (jūnrén)
• 軍士／军士 (jūnshì)

 

• (army):

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• 戎行 (róngháng) (literary)
• 武裝／武装 (wǔzhuāng)
• 行伍 (hángwǔ) (dated or historical)
• 軍旅／军旅 (jūnlǚ) (literary)
• 軍隊／军队 (jūnduì)
• 部下 (bùxià) (troops under one's command)
• 部屬／部属 (bùshǔ) (troops under one's command)
• 部眾／部众 (bùzhòng) (literary, troops under one's command)
• 部隊／部队 (bùduì)
• 隊伍／队伍 (duìwǔ)
• 隊列／队列 (duìliè) (formation)
• 麾下 (huīxià) (archaic, troops under one's command)