謦欬

謦欬

Chinese

			cough; sound of laughter
trad. (謦欬)		謦	欬
simp. #(謦欬)		謦	欬

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǐngkài, qìngkài

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥˇ ㄎㄞˋ, ㄑㄧㄥˋ ㄎㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hing³ koi³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǐngkài
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥˇ ㄎㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐngkài
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing³-kʻai⁴
    • Yale: chǐng-kài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiingkay
    • Palladius: цинкай (cinkaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ kʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qìngkài
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥˋ ㄎㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cìngkài
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing⁴-kʻai⁴
    • Yale: chìng-kài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chinqkay
    • Palladius: цинкай (cinkaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hing³ koi³
    • Yale: hing koi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hing³ koi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hing³ koi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɪŋ³³ kʰɔːi̯³³/

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• Middle Chinese: /kʰeŋ^X  kʰʌi^H/

Rime
Character	謦	欬
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	青 (125)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	I
Fanqie	去挺切	苦蓋切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰeŋX/	/kʰʌiH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰeŋX/	/kʰəiH/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɛŋX/	/kʰɒiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰɛjŋX/	/kʰəjH/
Li Rong	/kʰeŋX/	/kʰᴀiH/
Wang Li	/kʰieŋX/	/kʰɒiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰieŋX/	/kʰɑ̆iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qǐng	kài
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hing2	hoi3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[C.qʰ]ˤeŋʔ

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰeːŋʔ  kʰɯːɡs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	謦
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qǐng
Middle Chinese	‹ khengX ›
Old Chinese	/*[C.qʰ]ˁeŋʔ/
English	cough, clear the throat
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	謦	欬
Reading #	1/2	1/2
No.	10515	4820
Phonetic component	殸	亥
Rime group	耕	志
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	謦	磕
Old Chinese	/*kʰeːŋʔ/	/*kʰɯːɡs/

Verb

謦欬

1. (literary, onomatopoeia) to cough
2. (literary) to talk casually; to have a pleasant chat

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