"civil" meaning in Chinese

See civil in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /siː⁵⁵ fou̯³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /siː⁵⁵ fou̯³⁵/ Chinese transliterations: si¹ fou² [Cantonese, Jyutping], sī fóu [Cantonese, Yale], si¹ fou² [Cantonese, Pinyin], xi¹ fou² [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: From clipping of English civil engineering. Etymology templates: {{der|yue|en|civil engineer|civil engineering}} English civil engineering Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} civil
  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) civil engineering; civil engineer Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong

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