# 強者
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): qiángzhě
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄓㄜˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): koeng$^4$ ze$^2$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khiòng-chá
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiông-chiá
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qiángzhě
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄓㄜˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ciángjhě
*** Wade–Giles: chʻiang$^2$-chê$^3$
*** Yale: chyáng-jě
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyangjee
*** Palladius: цянчжэ (cjančžɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: koeng$^4$ ze$^2$
*** Yale: kèuhng jé
*** Cantonese Pinyin: koeng$^4$ dze$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: kêng$^4$ zé$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰœːŋ²¹ t͡sɛː³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiòng-chá
*** Hakka Romanization System: kiong$^ˇ$ za$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: kiong$^2$ za$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯oŋ¹¹ t͡sa³¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiông-chiá
*** Tâi-lô: kiông-tsiá
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kiongciar
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kiɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sia⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sia⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɔŋ¹³⁻²² t͡sia⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kiɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sia⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɔŋ²³⁻³³ t͡sia⁴¹/

### Noun

強者
* the strong; those who are strong; a powerhouse
    From: 朱自清 (Zhu Ziqing), 《白種人——上帝的驕子》
    Dàn zhè háizi què yě yǒu kějìng de dìfang: tā de cóngróng, tā de chénmò, tā de dúduàndúxíng, tā de yī qù bù huítóu, dōu shì lì de biǎoxiàn, dōu shì qiángzhě shìzhě de biǎoxiàn. Juébù pópomāma de, juébù niánniándādā de, yīzhēnjiànxiě, yīdāoliǎngduàn, zhè zhèngshì báizhǒngrén zhī suǒ yǐ wéi báizhǒngrén. [Pinyin]
    But there was something about the child that could be respected. His leisurely way, his reticence, his arbitrariness, his way of walking ahead without looking back. These were manifestations of his power, the power of the strongest, of the fittest. The child was, by no means, overly careful, or irresolute. The child could hit the nail on the head and make a clean break. The child was a quintessential Caucasian.

#### Antonyms

* 弱者 (ruòzhě)

## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Kanji in this term :
| 強 | 者 |
| きょう Grade: 2 | しゃ Grade: 3 |
| on'yomi ||
* Alternative spelling
* 強者 (kyūjitai)

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) きょーしゃ [kyóꜜòshà] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [kʲo̞ːɕa̠]
* Homophones: 狂者, 怯者, 侠者, 狭斜, 驕奢

#### Noun

強(きょう)者(しゃ) • (kyōsha)
* (literal) a strong person
** 2017 January 20, “英(えい)雄(ゆう)的(てき)介(かい)入(にゅう) [Heroic Intervention]”, in 霊気紛争 [Aether Revolt], Wizards of the Coast:
    「強(きょう)者(しゃ)が弱(じゃく)者(しゃ)を蹂(じゅう)躙(りん)するとき、そこに私(わたし)がいるだろう。」
       “Kyōsha ga jakusha o jūrinsuru toki, soko ni watashi ga iru darō.”
       “Whenever the strong would trample over the weak, I will be there.”

##### Antonyms

* 弱(じゃく)者(しゃ) (jakusha)

##### See also

* つわもの (tsuwamono)

### Etymology 2

Kanji in this term :
| 強 | 者 |
| つわ Grade: 2 | もの Grade: 3 |
| irregular | kun'yomi |
* Alternative spelling
* 強者 (kyūjitai)
For pronunciation and definitions of 強者 – see the following entry. :
| 【つわもの】 | [noun] (military) a war machine; a weapon [noun] military ration [noun] a brave and strong warrior [noun] a stubborn person Alternative spellings 兵, 仗 |
(This term, 強者, is an alternative spelling (obsolete) of the above term.) :

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
* ↑ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN