紳士

See also: 绅士

Chinese

		member of gentry	scholar; warrior; knight
trad. (紳士)		紳	士
simp. (绅士)		绅	士
anagram		士紳／士绅

Etymology

“(male) pervert”

Influenced by Japanese readaptation of the word in modern times. Popularized through the line of Kumakichi, a character in Gag Manga Biyori (see the quotation in Japanese below).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēnshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san¹ si⁶ / san¹ si^6-2
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ̂n-sṳ
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sin-sǐr / sin-sū

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēnshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shenshìh
    • Wade–Giles: shên¹-shih⁴
    • Yale: shēn-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenshyh
    • Palladius: шэньши (šɛnʹši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: san¹ si⁶ / san¹ si^6-2
    • Yale: sān sih / sān sí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san¹ si⁶ / san¹ si^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen¹ xi⁶ / sen¹ xi^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn⁵⁵ siː²²/, /sɐn⁵⁵ siː²²⁻³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̂n-sṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: siin^ˊ sii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sin¹ si⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨn²⁴⁻¹¹ sɨ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sin-sǐr
    • Tâi-lô: sin-sǐr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sin³³ sɯ²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sin-sū
    • Tâi-lô: sin-sū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sinsu
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /sin⁴⁴⁻³³ su³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sin⁴⁴⁻²² su²²/

Noun

紳士

1. gentleman; gentry
2. (ACG, Internet slang, ironic) (male) pervert

Synonyms

• (gentleman): 士紳／士绅 (shìshēn)
• (pervert): 變態／变态 (biàntài), (female) 淑女 (shūnǚ)

Derived terms

• 太平紳士／太平绅士 (tàipíng shēnshì)
• 紳士協定／绅士协定
• 紳士風度／绅士风度

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (紳士):

• → Japanese: 紳(しん)士(し) (shinshi)
• → Korean: 신사(紳士) (sinsa)
• → Vietnamese: thân sĩ (紳士)

Adjective

紳士

1. (informal) gentlemanly; courteous

Japanese

Kanji in this term
紳	士
しん Grade: S	し Grade: 5
on'yomi

Etymology

“(male) pervert”

Popularized through the following line by Kumakichi, a character in Gag Manga Biyori:

仮(かり)に変態(へんたい)だとしても変態(へんたい)という名(な)の紳士(しんし)だよ。

Kari ni hentai da to shite mo hentai toiu na no shinshi da yo.

Even if I'm a pervert, I'm only a gentleman in name of a pervert.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しんし [shíꜜǹshì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɕĩɰ̃ɕi]

Noun

紳(しん)士(し) • (shinshi) 

1. gentleman
2. (Internet slang, ironic) (male) pervert

Synonyms

• (pervert): 変(へん)態(たい) (hentai), (female) 淑(しゅく)女(じょ) (shukujo)

Korean

Hanja in this term
紳	士

Noun

紳士 • (sinsa) (hangeul 신사)

1. hanja form^? of 신사 (“gentleman”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
紳	士

Noun

紳士

1. chữ Hán form of thân sĩ (“a learned person; a literatus”).