公西

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Chinese

		just; honourable; public just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister	west
trad. (公西)		公	西
simp. ^#(公西)		公	西

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Gōngxī

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥㄒㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ sai¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Kong-se

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Gōngxī
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥㄒㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Gongsi
  - Wade–Giles: Kung¹-hsi¹
  - Yale: Gūng-syī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Gongshi
  - Palladius: Гунси (Gunsi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gung¹ sai¹
  - Yale: gūng sāi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ sai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ sei¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ sɐi̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kong-se
  - Tâi-lô: Kong-se
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kongsef
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² se⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ se³³/

Middle Chinese: kuwng sej

Rime
Character	公	西
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	東 (1)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	IV
Fanqie	古紅切	先稽切
Baxter	kuwng	sej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuŋ/	/sei/
Pan Wuyun	/kuŋ/	/sei/
Shao Rongfen	/kuŋ/	/sɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kəwŋ/	/sɛj/
Li Rong	/kuŋ/	/sei/
Wang Li	/kuŋ/	/siei/
Bernard Karlgren	/kuŋ/	/siei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gōng	xī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gung¹	sai¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*C.qˤoŋ s-nˤər/

(Zhengzhang): /*kloːŋ sɯːl/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	公	公	西
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	gōng	gōng	xī
Middle Chinese	‹ kuwng ›	‹ kuwng ›	‹ sej ›
Old Chinese	/*C.qˁoŋ/	/*C.qˁoŋ/	/*s-nˁər/
English	impartial, just; public	father; prince	west
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * 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	公	西
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	4092	13236
Phonetic component	公	西
Rime group	東	微
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	公	西
Old Chinese	/*kloːŋ/	/*sɯːl/

Proper noun

公西

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