耿耿

耿耿

Chinese

		bright	bright
simp. and trad. (耿耿)		耿	耿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gěnggěng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄥˇ ㄍㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gang² gang²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: gěnggěng [Phonetic: génggěng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄥˇ ㄍㄥˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: geenggeeng
    • IPA ^(key): /kɤŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gang² gang²
    • Yale: gáng gáng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gang² gang²
    • Guangdong Romanization: geng² geng²
    • IPA ^(key): /kɐŋ³⁵ kɐŋ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /kˠɛŋ^X  kˠɛŋ^X/▼

Rime
Character	耿
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	耕 (117)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	古幸切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠɛŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚæŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/kɐŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kəɨjŋX/
Li Rong	/kɛŋX/
Wang Li	/kæŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/kæŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gěng

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ˤreŋʔ  [k]ˤreŋʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kreːŋʔ  kreːŋʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	耿
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	gěng
Middle Chinese	‹ kɛngX ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ˁreŋʔ/
English	brilliant; wide awake
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	耿
Reading #	1/1
No.	3989
Phonetic component	耿
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	耿
Old Chinese	/*kreːŋʔ/

Adjective

耿耿

1. (ideophonic) bright; shining
2. (ideophonic) loyal; faithful; dedicated
3. (ideophonic) having things on one's mind; troubled; disquieted; vexed

Derived terms

忠心耿耿 (zhōngxīn gěnggěng) 此心耿耿 清耿耿 耿耿在心 耿耿在懷／耿耿在怀

耿耿寸心 耿耿忠心 耿耿於心／耿耿于心 耿耿於懷／耿耿于怀 耿耿此心