土司

Chinese

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tǔsī

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˇ ㄙ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou² si¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tǔsī
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˇ ㄙ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tǔsih
    • Wade–Giles: tʻu³-ssŭ¹
    • Yale: tǔ-sz̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuusy
    • Palladius: тусы (tusy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ sz̩⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: tou² si¹
    • Yale: tóu sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou² si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou² xi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯³⁵ siː⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 吐司 土司

Etymology 1

		local	to manage; to control
simp. and trad. (土司)		土	司

Noun

土司

1. (historical) the system of Chinese ethnic minority hierarchies in which power is passed on according to hereditary relationships
2. (historical) a chieftain in such a position of power

See also

• 土官 (tǔguān)
• 土目 (tǔmù)
• 改土歸流／改土归流 (gǎitǔguīliú)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 土司 – see 吐司 (“toast; sliced bread; loaf”). (This term is a variant form of 吐司).