信士

Chinese

		letter; true; to believe letter; true; to believe; sign; evidence	scholar; warrior; knight
simp. and trad. (信士)		信	士

Etymology

First attested in Muhammad Ma Jian's Chinese translation of the Quran, which serves as the Chinese term for the Quranic Arabic term يأيها الذين آمنوا (“O you who believe”)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xìnshì

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seon³ si⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xìnshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sìnshìh
  - Wade–Giles: hsin⁴-shih⁴
  - Yale: syìn-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinnshyh
  - Palladius: синьши (sinʹši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: seon³ si⁶
  - Yale: seun sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soen³ si⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: sên³ xi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵn³³ siː²²/

Noun

信士

(Islam) believer; faithful Muslim
信士的長官／信士的长官 ― xìnshì de zhǎngguān ― Commander of the Faithful

Derived terms

信士之母
信士的長官／信士的长官 (Xìnshì de Zhǎngguān)