"爾曹" meaning in Japanese

See 爾曹 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Pronoun

IPA: [d͡ʑiso̞ː] Forms: 爾曹 ^ [canonical] (ruby: 爾(じ), 曹(そう)), jisō [romanization], zisau [romanization], じさう [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: Ultimately Middle Chinese 爾曹 (nye^X dzaw). Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|ltc|爾曹}} Middle Chinese 爾曹 (nye^X dzaw) Head templates: {{ja-pos|pronoun|じそう|hhira=じさう}} 爾(じ)曹(そう) • (jisō) ^(←じさう (zisau)?)
  1. (literary, rare) you all, ye Tags: literary, rare
    Sense id: en-爾曹-ja-pron-k29bu7Hv Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese pronouns, Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese pronouns: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō): 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Categories (other): Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 0 0

Pronoun

IPA: [d͡ʑiso̞ː] Forms: 爾曹 ^ [canonical] (ruby: 爾曹(なんじら)), nanjira [romanization], nandira [romanization], なんぢら [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: The kanji are borrowed from etymology 1 above, from Middle Chinese 爾曹 (nye^X dzaw). Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|ltc|爾曹}} Middle Chinese 爾曹 (nye^X dzaw) Head templates: {{ja-pos|pronoun|なんじら|hhira=なんぢら}} 爾曹(なんじら) • (nanjira) ^(←なんぢら (nandira)?)
  1. (literary, rare) you all, ye Tags: literary, rare
    Sense id: en-爾曹-ja-pron-k29bu7Hv1 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese pronouns, Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese pronouns: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō): 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2 Categories (other): Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 0 0
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Download raw JSONL data for 爾曹 meaning in Japanese (3.7kB)

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