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)

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