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道士

道士

Chinese

		direction; way; method direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk	scholar; warrior; knight
simp. and trad. (道士)		道	士

Noun

道士

Taoist priest

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): dàoshì

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˋ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dou⁶ si^6-2
Min Nan (POJ): tō-sū

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: dàoshì → dàoshi (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ ㄕˋ → ㄉㄠˋ ㄕ˙ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daw.shyh
  - IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/ → /tɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʂʐ̩¹/
  - Homophones:
    
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: dou⁶ si^6-2
  - Yale: douh sí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dou⁶ si^6-2
  - IPA ^(key): /tou̯²² siː²²⁻³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tō-sū
  - Tâi-lô: tō-sū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doixsu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tɤ²²⁻²¹ su²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tɤ⁴¹⁻²² su⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɤ²²⁻²¹ su²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /to³³⁻¹¹ su³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɤ³³⁻²¹ su³³/