致仕

Chinese

		to send; to devote; to deliver to send; to devote; to deliver; to cause; to convey	an official
trad. (致仕)		致	仕
simp. ^#(致仕)		致	仕

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhìshì

(Zhuyin): ㄓˋ ㄕˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhìshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄓˋ ㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhìhshìh
  - Wade–Giles: chih⁴-shih⁴
  - Yale: jr̀-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyhshyh
  - Palladius: чжиши (čžiši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    [Show/Hide]
    ^edit
    ^edit
    志士
    智士
    智識 / 智识
    治世

Middle Chinese: trijH dzriX

Rime
Character	致	仕
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	知 (9)	崇 (20)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	陟利切	鉏里切
Baxter	trijH	dzriX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈˠiɪ^H/	/d͡ʒɨ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈᵚi^H/	/ɖ͡ʐɨ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶiɪ^H/	/d͡ʒie^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈji^H/	/ɖ͡ʐɨ^X/
Li Rong	/ȶji^H/	/d͡ʒiə^X/
Wang Li	/ȶi^H/	/d͡ʒĭə^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȶi^H/	/ɖ͡ʐʱi^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhì	zhì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi³	zi⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*t<r>i[t]-s [m-s-]rəʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*tiɡs zrɯʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	致	仕
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhì	shì
Middle Chinese	‹ trij^H ›	‹ dzri^X ›
Old Chinese	/*t<r>i[t]-s/	/*[m-s-]rəʔ/
English	(cause to arrive): transmit	serve
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	致	仕
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	17336	11512
Phonetic component	至	士
Rime group	至	之
Rime subdivision	2	0
Corresponding MC rime	致	士
Old Chinese	/*tiɡs/	/*zrɯʔ/

Verb

致仕

(historical) to retire from official duty; to conclude one's career in government