"辯士" meaning in Chinese

See 辯士 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /pi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /piːn²² siː²²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /pi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/, /piːn²² siː²²/ Chinese transliterations: biànshì [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄕˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], bin⁶ si⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], biànshì [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄕˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], biànshìh [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], pien⁴-shih⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], byàn-shr̀ [Mandarin, Yale, standard], biannshyh [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], бяньши [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], bjanʹši [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], bihn sih [Cantonese, Yale], bin⁶ si⁶ [Cantonese, Pinyin], bin⁶ xi⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization] Forms: 辩士
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 辯士
  1. (formal) debater Tags: formal Synonyms: 辯手/辩手 (biànshǒu), 辯手 (biànshǒu), 辩手 (biànshǒu)
    Sense id: en-辯士-zh-noun-99YnsHWf Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, People Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 70 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 72 28 Disambiguation of People: 100 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /piɛn³³⁻²¹ su³³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung, Min-Nan], /piɛn³³⁻¹¹ su³³/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Taipei], /piɛn³³⁻²¹ su³³/, /piɛn³³⁻¹¹ su³³/ Chinese transliterations: piān-sū, piān-sū [Hokkien, Min-Nan, POJ], piān-sū [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tai-lo], piexnsu [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Phofsit-Daibuun] Forms: 辩士
Etymology: Phono-semantic matching of Japanese 弁士 (benshi). Etymology templates: {{psm|nan-hbl|ja|弁士|tr=benshi}} Phono-semantic matching of Japanese 弁士 (benshi) Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 辯士
  1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) a live narrator for a silent film; a benshi Tags: Taiwanese-Hokkien
    Sense id: en-辯士-zh-noun-X~OX-B6R Categories (other): Taiwanese Hokkien, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 55
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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          "roman": "biànshǒu",
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        },
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          "roman": "biànshǒu",
          "word": "辯手"
        },
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          "roman": "biànshǒu",
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        }
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      ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "biànshì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄕˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bin⁶ si⁶"
    },
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      "tags": [
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        "Mandarin",
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "biànshì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄕˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "biànshìh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pien⁴-shih⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "byàn-shr̀"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "biannshyh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "бяньши"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bjanʹši"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/",
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        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bihn sih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bin⁶ si⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bin⁶ xi⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/piːn²² siː²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/piːn²² siː²²/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "辯士"
}

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          "live",
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          "narrator",
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          "silent film",
          "silent film"
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "piān-sū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "piān-sū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "piexnsu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/piɛn³³⁻²¹ su³³/",
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        "Kaohsiung",
        "Min-Nan"
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    {
      "ipa": "/piɛn³³⁻¹¹ su³³/",
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        "Min-Nan",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/piɛn³³⁻²¹ su³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/piɛn³³⁻¹¹ su³³/"
    }
  ],
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      "zh-pron": "biànshì"
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
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      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄕˋ"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bin⁶ si⁶"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "biànshì"
    },
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        "Mandarin",
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        "standard"
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      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄕˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "biànshìh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pien⁴-shih⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "byàn-shr̀"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "biannshyh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "бяньши"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bjanʹši"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bihn sih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bin⁶ si⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bin⁶ xi⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/piːn²² siː²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/piːn²² siː²²/"
    }
  ],
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      "roman": "biànshǒu",
      "word": "辯手/辩手"
    },
    {
      "roman": "biànshǒu",
      "word": "辯手"
    },
    {
      "roman": "biànshǒu",
      "word": "辩手"
    }
  ],
  "word": "辯士"
}

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      ],
      "zh-pron": "piān-sū"
    },
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        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
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    },
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      ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/piɛn³³⁻¹¹ su³³/",
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/piɛn³³⁻²¹ su³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/piɛn³³⁻¹¹ su³³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "辯士"
}

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