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辯護士

辯護士

See also: 弁護士 and 辩护士

Chinese

		to plead; to defend	scholar; warrior; knight
trad. (辯護士)		辯護	士
simp. (辩护士)		辩护	士

Noun

辯護士

defender; apologist
(Taiwan, chiefly Min Nan and Hakka, dated in Mandarin) lawyer; attorney

Synonyms

(lawyer) 律師／律师 (lǜshī), 狀師／状师

References

(Min Nan) “Entry #13202”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

Korean

Hanja in this term
辯	護	士

Noun

辯護士 • ‎(byeonhosa) ‎(hangeul 변호사)

Hanja form^? of 변호사, “lawyer”.

Etymology

The "lawyer" sense is reborrowed into Taiwanese Mandarin, Min Nan and Hakka from Japanese 弁護士 (べんごし) ‎(bengoshi).

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): biànhùshì

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄨˋ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bin⁶ wu⁶ si⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phien-fu-sṳ
Min Nan (POJ): piān-hō͘-sū

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: biànhùshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄨˋ ㄕˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biannhuhshyh
  - IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bin⁶ wu⁶ si⁶
  - Yale: bihn wuh sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bin⁶ wu⁶ si⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /piːn²² wuː²² siː²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phien-fu-sṳ
  - Hakka Romanization System: pien fu sii
  - Hagfa Pinyim: pian⁴ fu⁴ si⁴
  - IPA: /pʰi̯en⁵⁵ fu⁵⁵ sɨ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piān-hō͘-sū
  - Tâi-lô: piān-hōo-sū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: piexnhoxsu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /piɛn²²⁻²¹ hɔ²²⁻²¹ su²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /piɛn⁴¹⁻²² hɔ⁴¹⁻²² su⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɛn²²⁻²¹ hɔ²²⁻²¹ su²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /piɛn³³⁻¹¹ hɔ³³⁻¹¹ su³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɛn³³⁻²¹ hɔ³³⁻²¹ su³³/