知事

zhīshì
  1. (historical) magistrate or governor of a county or medium-size town during early days of the Republic of China
  2. (literary) sensible; reasonable; wise
  3. governor or magistrate of a Japanese prefecture or South Korean province
  4. magistrate or governor of a county or medium-size town during early days of the Republic of China
  5. sensible; reasonable; wise

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

=1 知 zhī
  1. to know
  2. to be aware
=1 知 zhì
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Original form of 智 (zhì, “knowing, wisdom, intelligence”).
  2. Original form of 智 (zhì, “knowing, wisdom, intelligence”).
=2 事 shì
  1. matter
  2. thing
  3. item
  4. work
  5. affair

classifiers: 件, 樁, 回
=2 事 zì
  1. alternative form of 倳 (zì, “to establish”)
  2. alternative form of 剚 (zì, “to stab”)

Containing this entry

縣知事 xiànzhīshì