# 密司
## Chinese
### Etymology

From English miss.

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): mìsī
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˋ ㄙ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mìsī
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˋ ㄙ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mìsih
*** Wade–Giles: mi$^4$-ssŭ$^1$
*** Yale: mì-sz̄
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mihsy
*** Palladius: мисы (misy)
*** Sinological IPA : /mi⁵¹ sz̩⁵⁵/

#### Noun

密司
* (dated) miss (title for a young woman)
    From: 1981, 黃以信, 響自聽筒的彼端, in 《北醫青年》, issue 33
    Mìsī Zhāng shì céng zài jízhěnchù shòu guò liǎng nián yángé xùnliàn de hùshì, ér wǒmen, bāoguā Yātóu, jīntiān cái dìyīcì kàndào réngōng hūxī de zhēnmiànmù. [Pinyin]
    Miss Chang is a nurse who has gone through two years of rigorous training at the emergency department, and today was the first time we, including Yatou, saw artificial respiration in real life.

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): mìsī
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˋ ㄙ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mit$^3$ si$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): mi-si / bi̍t-si / bi̍t-su
    (Teochew, Peng'im): mi$^1$ si$^6$ / mi$^1$ si$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mìsī
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˋ ㄙ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mìsih
*** Wade–Giles: mi$^4$-ssŭ$^1$
*** Yale: mì-sz̄
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mihsy
*** Palladius: мисы (misy)
*** Sinological IPA : /mi⁵¹ sz̩⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mit$^3$ si$^1$
*** Yale: mit sī
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mit$^8$ si$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mid$^3$ xi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /miːt̚³ siː⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Penang, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mi-si
*** Tâi-lô: mi-si
*** Phofsit Daibuun: misy
*** IPA (Singapore): /mi⁴⁴⁻²² si⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Penang): /mi³³⁻²¹ si³³/
** (Hokkien: Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bi̍t-si
*** Tâi-lô: bi̍t-si
*** Phofsit Daibuun: bidsy
*** IPA (Singapore): /bit̚⁴³⁻²¹ si⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bi̍t-su
*** Tâi-lô: bi̍t-su
*** Phofsit Daibuun: bidsw
*** IPA (Singapore): /bit̚⁴³⁻²¹ su⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: mi$^1$ si$^6$ / mi$^1$ si$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mi sĭ / mi sî
*** Sinological IPA : /mi³³⁻²³ si³⁵/, /mi³³⁻²³ si⁵⁵/

#### Noun

密司
* (Malaysia, Singapore, chiefly dialectal) nurse
    From: 2012, 思静, 《狮城往事》, page 84
    Tā nián yuē 18 suì de dànǚ'ér zài Sìpáipō Yīyuàn (Zhōngyāng Yīyuàn) zuò mìsī (hùshì), chuān qǐ báisè zhìfú shàngbān hěn shénqì, hé yībān dú hóngmáoshū shí ABC shòu yīngwén jiàoyù de rén yīyàng, zì yǐwèi gāorényīděng. [Pinyin]
    His eldest daughter, who is about 18 years old, is a nurse at the General Hospital. Wearing a white uniform to work, she looks cocky, just like anyone who has studied the white man's books, knows their ABCs, educated in English, thinking that she is superior to others.

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 護士 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 護士 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 護士 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 護士 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 護士 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 護士 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 護士 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 護士 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 護士 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 護士 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 護士 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 護士, 護理 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 護士, 看護 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 護士 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 護士 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 護士 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 護士 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 護士 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 護士 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 護士 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 護士 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 護士 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 護士 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 護士 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 護士, 看護 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 護士 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 護士, 看護 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 護士 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 護士 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 護士 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 護士 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dagudi (Maliba) | 護士 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Reshuitang (Longling) | 護士 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 護士 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 護士 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 護士 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 護士 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 護士 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 護士 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 護士, 姑娘 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 護士, 姑娘 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 護士, 看護 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 密司 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 密司, 護士 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 護士 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 護士 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 護士 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 護士 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 護士 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 護士 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 護士 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 護士 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 密司 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 護士 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 護士 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 護士 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 護士 |
| Jin | Linhe | 護士 |
| Jin | Jining | 護士 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 護士 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 護士 |
| Jin | Handan | 護士 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 護士, 看護士 dated, 看護 dated |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 醫生姐 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 護士 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 護士 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 護士 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 護士 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 護士 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 看護婦, 護士 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 護士 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 護士 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 護士, 看護婦 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 看護婦, 護士 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 護士, 看護婦 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 護士 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 護士 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 密司 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 密司 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 看護, 護士 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 密司 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 密司 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 護士 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 護士, 看護 dated |
| Wu | Ningbo | 護士, 看護 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 看護 dated |