鸂鶒

鸂鶒

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (鸂鶒)		鸂	鶒
simp. (㶉𫛶)		㶉	𫛶
alternative forms		鸂鷘／㶉鷘 鸂𪀦／㶉𪉅 鸂𪅙／㶉𪅙 鸂鵣／㶉鵣 鸂䳵／㶉䳵 鸂鷘／㶉鷘 鸂𪀦／㶉𪉅 鸂𪅙／㶉𪅙 鸂鵣／㶉鵣 鸂䳵／㶉䳵 鸂𪆵／㶉𪆵 鸂𪄠／㶉𪄠 鸂𪅍／㶉𪅍 溪𪀸 溪𪄪 谿𪀦／谿𪉅 䳶𪀦／䳶𪉅 𤄬䳵

A Tang dynasty goblet featuring a xichi bird.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīchì, qīchì

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄔˋ, ㄑㄧ ㄔˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kai¹ cik¹
• Min Nan (Teochew, Peng'im): goi¹ têg⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīchì
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄔˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sichìh
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-chʻih⁴
    • Yale: syī-chr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shichyh
    • Palladius: сичи (siči)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīchì
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧ ㄔˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cichìh
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi¹-chʻih⁴
    • Yale: chī-chr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chichyh
    • Palladius: цичи (ciči)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: kai¹ cik¹
    • Yale: kāi chīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kai¹ tsik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: kei¹ qig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐi̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰɪk̚⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: goi¹ têg⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: koi thek
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koi³³⁻²³ tʰek̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: /kʰei  ʈʰɨk̚/

Rime
Character	鸂	鶒
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	徹 (10)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)	蒸 (134)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	III
Fanqie	苦奚切	恥力切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰei/	/ʈʰɨk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰei/	/ʈʰɨk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɛi/	/ȶʰiek̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰɛj/	/ʈʰik̚/
Li Rong	/kʰei/	/ȶʰiək̚/
Wang Li	/kʰiei/	/ȶʰĭək̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰiei/	/ȶʰi̯ək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qī	chi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kai1	cik1

Noun

鸂鶒

1. (literary) a type of purple water bird similar to but larger than a mandarin duck

   • 無數蜻蜓齊上下，一雙鸂鶒對沉浮。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     无数蜻蜓齐上下，一双㶉𫛶对沉浮。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 8th century CE, 杜甫 (Du Fu), 卜居

     Wúshù qīngtíng qí shàngxià, yī shuāng xīchì duì chénfú. [Pinyin]

     Numerous dragonflies fly up and down together; a pair of xichi sink and float facing one other.