柱石

Chinese

		pillar	rock; stone; 10 pecks
simp. and trad. (柱石)		柱	石
anagram		石柱

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhùshí

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˋ ㄕˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cyu⁵ sek⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhùshí
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˋ ㄕˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhùshíh
  - Wade–Giles: chu⁴-shih²
  - Yale: jù-shŕ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juhshyr
  - Palladius: чжуши (čžuši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)⁺
  - Jyutping: cyu⁵ sek⁶
  - Yale: chyúh sehk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsy⁵ sek⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: qu⁵ ség⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyː¹³ sɛːk̚²/

Noun

柱石

pillar; mainstay
- 延年曰：“將軍爲國柱石，審此人不可，何不建白太后，更選賢而立之？” [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  延年曰：“将军为国柱石，审此人不可，何不建白太后，更选贤而立之？” [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE
  Yánnián yuē: “Jiāngjūn wéi guó zhùshí, shěn cǐ rén bùkě, hébù jiànbái tàihòu, gèng xuǎn xián ér lì zhī?” [Pinyin]
  [Tian] Yannian said, “General, if it appears to you, as the pillar and foundation of the state, that this man is unfit to be emperor, why don’t you propose to the empress dowager that a more worthy one be selected and enthroned?”