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司

Mandarin · pinyin sī#

to take charge of
to manage
department (under a ministry)

Mandarin · pinyin Sī#

surname Si

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司: sī · take charge of, control, manage; officer

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

si1

Cantonese word readings for 司. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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to take charge of; to control; to manage
officer; official
department (type of subordinate government agency)
(chiefly Shanghainese) Used in transcription.
a surname

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