通事

Chinese

		go through; know well; to connect go through; know well; to connect; to communicate; open	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
trad. (通事)		通	事
simp. ^#(通事)		通	事

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): tōngshì

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥㄕˋ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): тунсы (tunsɨ, I-III)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tōngshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tongshìh
  - Wade–Giles: tʻung¹-shih⁴
  - Yale: tūng-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tongshyh
  - Palladius: тунши (tunši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: тунсы (tunsɨ, I-III)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰuŋ²⁴ sz̩⁴⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

Noun

通事

(archaic, historical) translator; interpreter; linguist

Synonyms

口譯員／口译员 (kǒuyìyuán) (interpreter)
口譯者／口译者 (kǒuyìzhě) (interpreter)
翻譯／翻译 (fānyì)
翻譯員／翻译员 (fānyìyuán)
翻譯官／翻译官 (fānyìguān)
翻譯者／翻译者 (fānyìzhě)
舌人 (shérén) (literary)
譯匠／译匠 (yìjiàng) (literary)
譯員／译员 (yìyuán)
譯者／译者 (yìzhě)
通事官 (tōngshìguān) (archaic)
通司 (tōngsī) (archaic)
通譯／通译 (tōngyì) (dated)
通譯員／通译员 (tōngyìyuán)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (通事):

→ Japanese: 通(つう)事(じ) (tsūji)
→ Korean: 통사(通事) (tongsa)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
通	事
つう Grade: 2	じ Grade: 3
on’yomi

Alternative spellings
通詞通辞

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) つうじ [tsúꜜùjì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
IPA^(key): [t͡sɨᵝːʑi]

Noun

通(つう)事(じ) • (tsūji)

interpreter (especially a court interpreter, especially of Dutch or Chinese during the Edo period)

References

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

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