太守

Chinese

		too (much); very; extremely too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest	to guard
simp. and trad. (太守)		太	守
Literally: “great watchman or overseer”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tàishǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˋ ㄕㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): taai³ sau³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tàishǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˋ ㄕㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tàishǒu
  - Wade–Giles: tʻai⁴-shou³
  - Yale: tài-shǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tayshoou
  - Palladius: тайшоу (tajšou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: taai³ sau³
  - Yale: taai sau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: taai³ sau³
  - Guangdong Romanization: tai³ seo³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːi̯³³ sɐu̯³³/

Middle Chinese: thajH syuwH

Rime
Character	太	守
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Initial (聲)	透 (6)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	泰 (25)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	他蓋切	舒救切
Baxter	thajH	syuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰɑi^H/	/ɕɨu^H/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰɑi^H/	/ɕiu^H/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɑi^H/	/ɕiəu^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰaj^H/	/ɕuw^H/
Li Rong	/tʰɑi^H/	/ɕiu^H/
Wang Li	/tʰɑi^H/	/ɕĭəu^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tʰɑi^H/	/ɕi̯ə̯u^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tài	shòu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	taai³	sau³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*l̥ˤa[t]-s s.tuʔ-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*tʰaːds qʰljus/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	太	守
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	tài	shòu
Middle Chinese	‹ thaj^H ›	‹ syuw^H ›
Old Chinese	/*l̥ˁa[t]-s/	/*s.tuʔ-s/
English	great	territory in somebody"s guard, fief
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	太	守
Reading #	1/1	2/2
No.	1937	11668
Phonetic component	大	守
Rime group	祭	幽
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	泰	狩
Old Chinese	/*tʰaːds/	/*qʰljus/

Noun

太守

(historical) Grand Administrator or governor, the official overseeing a commandery (郡) in imperial China between the Han and Tang dynasties

Derived terms

一錢太守 / 一钱太守 (yī qián tàishǒu)
南柯太守傳 / 南柯太守传 (Nánkē Tàishǒu Zhuàn)
黃堂太守 / 黄堂太守

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (太守):

→ Japanese: 太守(たいしゅ) (taishu)
→ Korean: 태수(太守) (taesu)
→ Vietnamese: thái thú (太守)

See also

郡守 (jùnshǒu, “the equivalent position under the Zhou and Qin dynasties”)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
太	守
たい Grade: 2	しゅ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

太(たい)守(しゅ) • (taishu)

Korean

Hanja in this term
太	守

Noun

太守 • (taesu) (hangeul 태수)

hanja form^? of 태수

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
太	守

Noun

太守

chữ Hán form of thái thú (“governor”)