兮
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Translingual
editHan character
edit兮 (Kangxi radical 12, 八+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 金一女尸 (CMVS), four-corner 80207, composition ⿱八丂)
References
edit- Kangxi Dictionary: page 127, character 3
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1455
- Dae Jaweon: page 283, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 241, character 6
- Unihan data for U+516E
Chinese
edittrad. | 兮 | |
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simp. # | 兮 | |
alternative forms | 𠔃 |
Glyph origin
editHistorical forms of the character 兮 | |||
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Shang | Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
References:
Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
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Originally the same character as 乎 (OC *ɢaː). The oracle bone form consists of 丂 (“fork in a tree”) and two vertical strokes above; the two strokes are parallel in most oracle bone attestations, possibly representing finer branches (i.e. the sound produced by wind blows past these branches).
Etymology
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Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ
- Tongyong Pinyin: si
- Wade–Giles: hsi1
- Yale: syī
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shi
- Palladius: си (si)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: hai4
- Yale: hàih
- Cantonese Pinyin: hai4
- Guangdong Romanization: hei4
- Sinological IPA (key): /hɐi̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Southern Min
Note:
- ê - vernacular(or actually pronunciation of other characters, see 个);
- hê - literary.
- Dialectal data
Variety | Location | 兮 |
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Mandarin | Beijing | /ɕi⁵⁵/ |
Harbin | /ɕi⁴⁴/ | |
Tianjin | /ɕi²¹/ | |
Jinan | /ɕi²¹³/ | |
Qingdao | /ɕi²¹³/ | |
Zhengzhou | /ɕi²⁴/ | |
Xi'an | /ɕi²¹/ | |
Xining | /ɕi⁴⁴/ | |
Yinchuan | /ɕi¹³/ | |
Lanzhou | /ɕi⁵³/ | |
Ürümqi | /ɕi⁴⁴/ | |
Wuhan | /ɕi⁵⁵/ | |
Chengdu | /ɕi⁵⁵/ | |
Guiyang | /ɕi⁵⁵/ | |
Kunming | /ɕi⁴⁴/ | |
Nanjing | /ɕi³¹/ | |
Hefei | /sz̩²¹/ | |
Jin | Taiyuan | /ɕi¹¹/ |
Pingyao | /ɕi¹³/ | |
Hohhot | /ɕi³¹/ | |
Wu | Shanghai | /ɕi⁵³/ |
Suzhou | /i⁵⁵/ | |
Hangzhou | /ɦi²¹³/ | |
Wenzhou | /ji³¹/ | |
Hui | Shexian | /ɕi³¹/ |
Tunxi | ||
Xiang | Changsha | /ɕi³³/ |
Xiangtan | /ɕi³³/ | |
Gan | Nanchang | |
Hakka | Meixian | /hi⁴⁴/ |
Taoyuan | /hi²⁴/ | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | /hɐi²¹/ |
Nanning | /hɐi²¹/ | |
Hong Kong | /hɐi²¹/ | |
Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /he³⁵/ |
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /hie⁴⁴/ | |
Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /xi⁴⁴/ | |
Shantou (Teochew) | /hi³³/ | |
Haikou (Hainanese) | /hi²³/ |
- Middle Chinese: hej
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*ɡˤe/
- (Zhengzhang): /*ɢeː/
Definitions
edit兮
- (literary) Sentence-internal or final exclamatory particle.
- 蘀兮蘀兮,風其吹女。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Tuò xī tuò xī, fēng qí chuī rǔ. [Pinyin]
- Ye withered leaves! Ye withered leaves! How the wind is blowing you away!
萚兮萚兮,风其吹女。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]- 子夏問曰:「『巧笑倩兮,美目盼兮,素以為絢兮。』何謂也?」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Zǐ Xià wèn yuē: “‘qiǎoxiào qiàn xī, měimù pàn xī, sù yǐwéi xuàn xī.’ Héwèi yě?” [Pinyin]
- Zi Xia asked, saying, "What is the meaning of the passage - 'The pretty dimples of her artful smile! The well-defined black and white of her eye! The plain ground for the colors?'"
子夏问曰:「『巧笑倩兮,美目盼兮,素以为绚兮。』何谓也?」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- (Central Min, Puxian Min) Possessive particle.
- (Southern Min) Alternative form of 个 (possessive particle)
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