寒士
Chinese
| cold; poor; to tremble | scholar; warrior; knight | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (寒士) |
寒 | 士 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: hánshì
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˊ ㄕˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: hánshìh
- Wade–Giles: han2-shih4
- Yale: hán-shr̀
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: harnshyh
- Palladius: ханьши (xanʹši)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xän³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: hon4 si6
- Yale: hòhn sih
- Cantonese Pinyin: hon4 si6
- Guangdong Romanization: hon4 xi6
- Sinological IPA (key): /hɔːn²¹ siː²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Eastern Min
- Middle Chinese: han dzriX
Noun
寒士
- (literary) poor scholar
- (Eastern Min, derogatory) book nerd; pedant
Synonyms
- (poor scholar): (literary) 白士 (báishì)
- (book nerd):
Dialectal synonyms of 書呆子 (“book nerd; pedant (derogatory)”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 書呆子 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 書呆子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 書呆子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 書呆子, 書恛子 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 書呆子 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 書呆, 寒士 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 書呆 |
| Yilan | 書呆 | |
| Changhua (Lukang) | 書呆 | |
| Taichung | 書呆 | |
| Taichung (Wuqi) | 書癲 | |
| Tainan | 書呆 | |
| Taitung | 書呆 | |
| Hsinchu | 書癲 | |
| Penghu (Magong) | 書呆 | |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 讀書呆 |
| Xianyou | 讀書呆 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 書踱頭 |
| Shanghai (Zhoupu, Pudong) | 書踱頭 | |
| Shanghai (Shuangcaodun, Baoshan) | 書踱頭 | |
| Shanghai (Luodian, Baoshan) | 書踱頭 | |
| Shanghai (Chongming) | 書踱頭 | |
| Suzhou | 書踱頭 | |
| Suzhou (Lili, Wujiang) | 書踱頭 | |
| Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang) | 書踱頭 | |
| Wuxi | 書踱頭 | |
| Changzhou | 書踱頭 | |
| Yixing | 書踱頭 | |
| Danyang | 書獃屄 | |
| Jiangyin | 書踱頭 | |
| Huzhou (Shuanglin) | 書踱頭 | |
| Hangzhou | 書踱頭 | |
| Shaoxing | 書踱頭 | |
| Ningbo | 書踱頭, 書大糊 | |
| Yuyao | 書踱頭 | |
| Taizhou (Huangyan) | 書腐 | |
| Jinhua | 書夫 | |
| Yongkang | 書腐 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 書憨寶, 書憨子 |
| Loudi | 書呆子 | |