咨嗟

咨嗟

Chinese

		consult	sigh
trad. (咨嗟)		咨	嗟
simp. #(咨嗟)		咨	嗟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zījiē

  (Zhuyin): ㄗ ㄐㄧㄝ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹ ze¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zījiē
    • Zhuyin: ㄗ ㄐㄧㄝ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zihjie
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ¹-chieh¹
    • Yale: dz̄-jyē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyjie
    • Palladius: цзыцзе (czycze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕjɛ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi¹ ze¹
    • Yale: jī jē
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹ dze¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji¹ zé¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ t͡sɛː⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡siɪ  t͡sia/

Rime
Character	咨	嗟
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)	麻 (100)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	即夷切	子邪切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡siɪ/	/t͡sia/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡si/	/t͡sia/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sjɪ/	/t͡sia/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡si/	/t͡sia/
Li Rong	/t͡si/	/t͡sia/
Wang Li	/t͡si/	/t͡sĭa/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡si/	/t͡si̯a/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zī	jiē
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi1	ze1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ts]ij  tsAj/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsli  ʔsljal/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	咨	嗟
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zī	jiē
Middle Chinese	‹ tsij ›	‹ tsjæ ›
Old Chinese	/*[ts]ij/	/*tsAj/
English	consult; plan (v.)	sigh; alas!
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	咨	嗟
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	1785	18026
Phonetic component	次	左
Rime group	脂	歌
Rime subdivision	2	1
Corresponding MC rime	咨	嗟
Old Chinese	/*ʔsli/	/*ʔsljal/

Verb

咨嗟

1. (literary) to highly praise; to gasp in admiration
2. (literary) to sigh (with regret); to heave a sigh

Synonyms

• (to highly praise):

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Synonyms of 咨嗟

名目 (míngmù) (Classical Chinese) 吹捧 (chuīpěng) 嘉勉 (jiāmiǎn) (formal, to praise and encourage) 表彰 (biǎozhāng) 吹噓／吹嘘 (chuīxū) 嘆／叹 (tàn) (literary, or in compounds) 嘆美／叹美 (tànměi) (literary) 嘉許／嘉许 (jiāxǔ) 揄揚／揄扬 (yúyáng) (literary) 禮讚／礼赞 (lǐzàn) 稱美／称美 (chēngměi) (literary) 稱許／称许 (chēngxǔ) 稱謂／称谓 (chēngwèi) (literary) 稱譽／称誉 (chēngyù) (literary)

稱讚／称赞 (chēngzàn) 稱道／称道 (chēngdào) 稱頌／称颂 (chēngsòng) 表揚／表扬 (biǎoyáng) 褒揚／褒扬 (bāoyáng) 誇獎／夸奖 (kuājiǎng) 讚嘆／赞叹 (zàntàn) 讚揚／赞扬 (zànyáng) 讚美／赞美 (zànměi) 讚許／赞许 (zànxǔ) 讚頌／赞颂 (zànsòng) 賞／赏 (shǎng) (literary, or in compounds) 頌讚／颂赞 (sòngzàn) 顯揚／显扬 (xiǎnyáng) (literary)

• (to sigh):

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太息 (tàixī) (literary) 吐氣 (Min Nan) 嘆／叹 (tàn) (literary, or in compounds)

嘆息／叹息 (tànxī) 嘆氣／叹气 (tànqì) 打咳聲／打咳声 (Harbin)