俟罪

Chinese

		until; wait for	guilt; crime; fault guilt; crime; fault; blame; sin
trad. (俟罪)		俟	罪
simp. ^#(俟罪)		俟	罪

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sìzuì

(Zhuyin): ㄙˋ ㄗㄨㄟˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sìzuì
  - Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄗㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sìhzuèi
  - Wade–Giles: ssŭ⁴-tsui⁴
  - Yale: sz̀-dzwèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhtzuey
  - Palladius: сыцзуй (syczuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

Middle Chinese: zriX dzwojX

Rime
Character	俟	罪
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	俟 (22)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	之 (19)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	牀史切	徂賄切
Baxter	zriX	dzwojX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʒɨ^X/	/d͡zuʌi^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ʐɨ^X/	/d͡zuoi^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ʒie^X/	/d͡zuɒi^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʐɨ^X/	/d͡zwəj^X/
Li Rong	/ʒiə^X/	/d͡zuᴀi^X/
Wang Li	/ʒĭə^X/	/d͡zuɒi^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɖ͡ʐʰi^X/	/d͡zʱuɑ̆i^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shì	zuì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi⁶	zeoi⁶

Verb

俟罪

synonym of 待罪 (dàizuì, “(obsolete, humble) to serve as an official”)
- 815, 白居易 [Bai Juyi], 與元九書 [Letter to Yuan Zhen]:
  
  今俟罪潯陽，除盥櫛食寢外無餘事。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  今俟罪浔阳，除盥栉食寝外无余事。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  Jīn sìzuì Xúnyáng, chú guàn zhì shí qǐn wài wú yú shì. [Pinyin]
  Now I serve in Xunyang, with nothing to do apart from washing my face, combing my hair, eating, and sleeping.