遺書

See also: 遗书

Chinese

		to lose; to leave behind	book; letter
trad. (遺書)		遺	書
simp. (遗书)		遗	书

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yíshū

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˊ ㄕㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁴ syu¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vì-sû
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ûi-su / ûi-chir / ûi-si / î-su / î-si

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yíshū
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˊ ㄕㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yíshu
    • Wade–Giles: i²-shu¹
    • Yale: yí-shū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yishu
    • Palladius: ишу (išu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i³⁵ ʂu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai⁴ syu¹
    • Yale: wàih syū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁴ sy¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei⁴ xu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²¹ syː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vì-sû
    • Hakka Romanization System: vi^ˇ su^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vi² su¹
    • Sinological IPA: /vi¹¹ su²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ûi-su
    • Tâi-lô: uî-su
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uisw
    • IPA (Taipei): /ui²⁴⁻¹¹ su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui²³⁻³³ su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ui²⁴⁻²² su⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ûi-chir
    • Tâi-lô: uî-tsir
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ui²⁴⁻²² t͡sɯ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Yilan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ûi-si
    • Tâi-lô: uî-si
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uisy
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui¹³⁻²² si⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Yilan): /ui²⁴⁻³³ si⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: î-su
    • Tâi-lô: î-su
    • Phofsit Daibuun: isw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /i²⁴⁻²² su⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: î-si
    • Tâi-lô: î-si
    • Phofsit Daibuun: isy
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /i¹³⁻²² si⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: ywij syo

Rime
Character	遺	書
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	脂 (16)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	以追切	傷魚切
Baxter	ywij	syo
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiuɪ/	/ɕɨʌ/
Pan Wuyun	/jʷi/	/ɕiɔ/
Shao Rongfen	/juɪ/	/ɕiɔ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jwi/	/ɕɨə̆/
Li Rong	/ui/	/ɕiɔ/
Wang Li	/jwi/	/ɕĭo/
Bernhard Karlgren	/wi/	/ɕi̯wo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wéi	shū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wai4	syu1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ](r)uj  s-ta/

  (Zhengzhang): /*lul  hlja/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	遺	書
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yí	shū
Middle Chinese	‹ ywij ›	‹ syo ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ](r)uj/	/*s-ta/
English	leave; reject	write
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	遺	書
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	4741	17013
Phonetic component	貴	者
Rime group	微	魚
Rime subdivision	3	0
Corresponding MC rime	惟	書
Old Chinese	/*lul/	/*hlja/

Noun

遺書

1. (literary) posthumous papers; writings of an author now dead
2. (literary) a letter or note left by one immediately before death

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wèishū

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ ㄕㄨ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wèishū
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄕㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wèishu
    • Wade–Giles: wei⁴-shu¹
    • Yale: wèi-shū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weyshu
    • Palladius: вэйшу (vɛjšu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹ ʂu⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: ywijH syo

Rime
Character	遺	書
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	脂 (16)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	以醉切	傷魚切
Baxter	ywijH	syo
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiuɪH/	/ɕɨʌ/
Pan Wuyun	/jʷiH/	/ɕiɔ/
Shao Rongfen	/juɪH/	/ɕiɔ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jwiH/	/ɕɨə̆/
Li Rong	/uiH/	/ɕiɔ/
Wang Li	/jwiH/	/ɕĭo/
Bernhard Karlgren	/wiH/	/ɕi̯wo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wèi	shū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wai6	syu1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ](r)uj-s  s-ta/

  (Zhengzhang): /*luls  hlja/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	遺	書
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wèi	shū
Middle Chinese	‹ ywijH ›	‹ syo ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ](r)uj-s/	/*s-ta/
English	to present	write
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	遺	書
Reading #	2/2	1/1
No.	4745	17013
Phonetic component	貴	者
Rime group	微	魚
Rime subdivision	3	0
Corresponding MC rime	遺	書
Old Chinese	/*luls/	/*hlja/

Verb

遺書

1. (archaic) to send a letter; to write to someone

Japanese

Kanji in this term
遺	書
い Grade: 6	しょ Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いしょ [íꜜshò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [iɕo̞]

Noun

遺(い)書(しょ) • (isho) 

1. a letter or note left by one immediately before death; a suicide note

See also

• 遺言(ゆいごん) (yuigon), 遺言(いごん) (igon)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.