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Chinese
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not
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normal; ordinary
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what one thinks; one's thoughts
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| trad. (匪夷所思)
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匪
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夷
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所思
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| simp. #(匪夷所思)
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匪
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夷
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所思
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Etymology
From I Ching, Hexagram 59 (《易经·渙卦》):
六四：渙其群，元吉。渙有丘，匪夷所思。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
六四：涣其群，元吉。涣有丘，匪夷所思。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: I Ching, 11th – 8th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Liù sì: huàn qí qún, yuán jí. Huàn yǒu qiū, fěi yí suǒ sī.
- The fourth SIX, divided, shows its subject scattering the (different) parties (in the state); which leads to great good fortune. From the dispersion (he collects again good men standing out, a crowd) like a mound, which is what ordinary men would not have thought of.
Pronunciation
| Rime
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| Character
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匪
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夷
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所
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思
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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1/1
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1/2
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| Initial (聲)
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幫 (1)
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以 (36)
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生 (21)
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心 (16)
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| Final (韻)
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微 (21)
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脂 (15)
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魚 (22)
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之 (19)
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| Tone (調)
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Rising (X)
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Level (Ø)
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Rising (X)
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Level (Ø)
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| Openness (開合)
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Closed
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Open
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Open
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Open
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| Division (等)
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III
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III
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III
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III
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| Fanqie
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府尾切
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以脂切
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踈舉切
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息兹切
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| Baxter
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pj+jX
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yij
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srjoX
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si
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| Reconstructions
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Zhengzhang
Shangfang
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/pʉiX/
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/jiɪ/
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/ʃɨʌX/
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/sɨ/
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Pan
Wuyun
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/pʷɨiX/
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/ji/
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/ʃiɔX/
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/sɨ/
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Shao
Rongfen
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/piuəiX/
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/jɪ/
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/ʃiɔX/
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/sie/
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Edwin
Pulleyblank
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/pujX/
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/ji/
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/ʂɨə̆X/
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/sɨ/
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Li
Rong
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/piuəiX/
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/i/
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/ʃiɔX/
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/siə/
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Wang
Li
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/pĭwəiX/
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/ji/
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/ʃĭoX/
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/sĭə/
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Bernhard
Karlgren
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/pwe̯iX/
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/i/
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/ʂi̯woX/
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/si/
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Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
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fěi
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yí
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shǔ
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sī
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Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
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fei2
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ji4
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so2
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si1
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| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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匪
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匪
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夷
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夷
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所
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思
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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1/2
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2/2
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1/2
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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fěi
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fěi
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yí
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yí
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suǒ
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sī
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ pjɨjX ›
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‹ pjɨjX ›
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‹ yij ›
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‹ yij ›
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‹ srjoX ›
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‹ si ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*pəjʔ/
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/*pəjʔ/
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/*ləj/
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/*ləj/
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/*s-qʰ<r>aʔ/
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/*ə/
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| English
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bamboo basket
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bandit
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level, peaceful
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foreigner (especially to the east)
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place (n.); that which
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think
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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.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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匪
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夷
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所
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思
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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1/1
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1/2
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| No.
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3085
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14862
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5306
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13835
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Phonetic
component
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非
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夷
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戸
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囟
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Rime
group
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微
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脂
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魚
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之
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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1
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0
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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匪
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姨
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所
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思
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Old
Chinese
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/*pɯlʔ/
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/*lil/
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/*sqʰraʔ/
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/*snɯ/
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Idiom
匪夷所思
- not what an ordinary person can imagine; unimaginable; unusual; fantastic