契闊

契闊

Chinese

		contract	rich; wide; broad
trad. (契闊)		契	闊
simp. (契阔)		契	阔

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qièkuò

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄝˋ ㄎㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kit³ fut³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: qièkuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄝˋ ㄎㄨㄛˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiehkuoh
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: kit³ fut³
    • Yale: kit fut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kit⁸ fut⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: kid³ fud³
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰiːt̚³ fuːt̚³/

Verb

契闊

1. (literary) to be assiduous; to work hard; to toil
2. (literary) to separate; to be separated (for a long period of time)
3. (literary) to reminisce; to long for
4. (literary) to be friends; to agree to

Derived terms

契闊談讌／契阔谈讌

死生契闊／死生契阔

Adjective

契闊

1. (literary) vast; wide; extensive