Chinese Word Entry
阿摩司書Simplified Chinese form: 阿摩司书
| Mandarin (Zhuyin): | ㄚ ㄇㄛˊ ㄙ ㄕㄨ |
| Mandarin (Pinyin): | Ā mó sī shū |
| Cantonese (Jyutping): | aa3 mo1 si1 syu1 |
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Chinese characters used in this word
| 阿 | Africa, flatter, fawn upon, corner, nook, recess, prefix for people's names, used in transliteration |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄚ (ā), ㄜ (ē), ㄚ˙ (a), ㄚˊ (á), ㄚˋ (à), ㄜˇ (ě), ㄚˇ (ǎ) |
| Cantonese: | aa3 |
| Japanese: | ア (a)、 オ (o) / おもね.る (omoneru)、 くま (kuma)、 お (o) |
| Korean: | 아 (a), 옥 (og) |
| Vietnamese: | a, á |
| 摩 | chafe, rub, polish, grind, scrape, scour, friction |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄇㄛˊ (mó), ㄇㄚ (mā), ㄇㄧˊ (mí) |
| Cantonese: | mo1 |
| Japanese: | マ (ma) / ま.する (masuru)、 さす.る (sasuru)、 す.る (suru) |
| Korean: | 마 (ma) |
| Vietnamese: | ma |
| 司 | director, official, govt office, rule, administer, take charge of, control, manage, officer |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄙ (sī), ㄘˊ (cí), ㄙˋ (sì) |
| Cantonese: | si1 |
| Japanese: | シ (shi) / つかさど.る (tsukasadoru)、 つかさ (tsukasa) |
| Korean: | 사 (sa) |
| Vietnamese: | ti, tư |
| 書 | write, book, letter, document, writings |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄕㄨ (shū) |
| Cantonese: | syu1 |
| Japanese: | ショ (sho) / か.く (kaku)、 -が.き (-gaki)、 ふみ (fumi) |
| Korean: | 서 (seo) |
| Vietnamese: | thư |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 书 |