依稀

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Chinese

according to; depend on; near to
according to; depend on; near to; (Eastern Min) kinship prefix
 
 diluted; sparse
simp. and trad.
(依稀) 		依 稀
alternative forms 依希
依俙

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 依 稀
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 影 (34) 曉 (32)
Final (韻) 微 (20) 微 (20)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 於希切 香衣切
Baxter 'j+j xj+j
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʔɨi/ /hɨi/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʔɨi/ /hɨi/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ʔiəi/ /xiəi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʔɨj/ /hɨj/
Li
Rong 		/ʔiəi/ /xiəi/
Wang
Li 		/ĭəi/ /xĭəi/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ʔe̯i/ /xe̯i/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yī xī
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ji1 hei1

Adjective

依稀

  1. (ideophonic) vague; dim; faint

Synonyms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (依稀):
  • → Japanese: 依稀(いき) (iki)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
依 稀
い
Grade: S 		き
Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Adjective

依(い)稀(き) • (iki) †-tari (adnominal 依(い)稀(き)とした (iki to shita) or 依(い)稀(き)たる (iki taru), adverbial 依(い)稀(き)と (iki to) or 依(い)稀(き)として (iki to shite))

  1. faint, dim, vague, unclear

Inflection

Classical conjugation of "依稀たり" (タリ活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 依稀たら いきたら iki tara
Continuative (連用形) 依稀と
依稀たり		 いきと
いきたり		 iki to
iki tari
Terminal (終止形) 依稀たり いきたり iki tari
Attributive (連体形) 依稀たる いきたる iki taru
Realis (已然形) 依稀たれ いきたれ iki tare
Imperative (命令形) 依稀たれ いきたれ iki tare
Key constructions
Negative 依稀たらず いきたらず iki tarazu
Contrasting conjunction 依稀たれど いきたれど iki taredo
Causal conjunction 依稀たれば いきたれば iki tareba
Conditional conjunction 依稀たらば いきたらば iki taraba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 依稀たりき いきたりき iki tariki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 依稀たりけり いきたりけり iki tarikeri
Adverbial 依稀と いきと iki to
Without auxiliary verb.
With auxiliary verb.

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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