伉儷

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Chinese

husband; wife husband and wife
trad. (伉儷)
simp. (伉俪)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (29) (37)
Final () (101) (39)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I IV
Fanqie
Baxter khangH lejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kʰɑŋH/ /leiH/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʰɑŋH/ /leiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/kʰɑŋH/ /lɛiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kʰaŋH/ /lɛjH/
Li
Rong
/kʰɑŋH/ /leiH/
Wang
Li
/kʰɑŋH/ /lieiH/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/kʰɑŋH/ /lieiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
kàng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
hong3 lai6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 7368 7915
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʰaːŋs/ /*reːls/

Noun

伉儷

  1. (literary, historical) one's legal wife
  2. (literary, honorific) husband and wife; married couple; harmonious couple

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