| 司 | 731B10 50.50 | 部居  | 畫數 5 | ㄙ [si1] | ||
| N. | (1) An administrative department, an independent bureau: 司長 [si1zhang3]↓; 都司，土司，藩司 bureau in charge of frontier regions; 稅務司 Commissioner of Customs. (2) Official: 有司 (AC, LL) officials; 上司 superior in government office 打官司 go to court; 筆墨官司 controversy in articles; 職司 official duties. (3) Part of compound surnames: 司馬，司徒，司空 [si1ma3], [si1tu2], [si1kong1]↓. | |||||
| V.t. | To take charge of: 司其事 be in charge of certain tasks; 各有所司 each has his duties; forms compounds designating offices in many words, like 司閽 [si1hun1], doorkeeper; 司賬，司儀 [si1zhang4], [si1yi2]↓； 司法 [si1fa3]↓; 司機 [si1ji1]↓; 牝雞司晨 a hen cries cock-a-doo-dle-doo--domineering wife. | |||||
| Words | 1. 司鐸 [si1duo2], n., Roman Catholic priest. 2. 司法 [si1fa3], n., the judiciary; 司法院 the Judicial Yuan; 司法官 a judge; 司法界 judicial circles. 3. 司長 [si1zhang3], n., department or section chief. 4. 司賬 [si1zhang4], n., treasurer, cashier. 5. 司機 [si1ji1], n., driver; private chauffeur. 6. 司寇 [si1kou4], n., (AC) minister of justice. 7. 司庫 [si1ku4], n., official treasurer; keeper of treasury vaults. 8. 司空 [si1kong1], n., (1) a compound surname; (2) (AC) minister of public works. 9. 司令 [si1ling4], n., commander: 總司令 commander in chief; 司令部 commander's headquarters; 司令塔 conning tower; 司令臺 reviewing stand. 10. 司理 [si1li3], n., officer in charge. 11. 司馬 [si1ma3], n., (1) (AC) minister of war; (2) a compound surname. 12. 司命 [si1ming4], n., an arbiter of human destiny; (coll.) kitchen god. 13. 司牧 [si1mu4], n., (AC) the ruler (lit., “shepherd”). 14. 司書 [si1shu1], n., formerly, official copyist. 15. 司事 [si1shi4], n., person in gen. charge. 16. 司徒 [si1tu2], n., (AC) minister of culture; 大司徒 cabinet minister or premier in various dynasties; (Manchu Dyn.) minister of finance; a compound surname. 17. 司務 [si1wu4], n., gen. reference to workman in charge; esp. 大司務，廚司務 the chef. 18. 司儀 [si1yi2], n., master of ceremony. | |||||