可恃

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Chinese

can; may; able to
can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)
 
rely upon
trad. (可恃)
simp. #(可恃)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (29) (25)
Final () (94) (19)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter khaX dzyiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kʰɑX/ /d͡ʑɨX/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʰɑX/ /d͡ʑɨX/
Shao
Rongfen
/kʰɑX/ /d͡ʑieX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kʰaX/ /d͡ʑɨX/
Li
Rong
/kʰɑX/ /ʑiəX/
Wang
Li
/kʰɑX/ /ʑĭəX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kʰɑX/ /ʑiX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ho2 si6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
shì
Middle
Chinese
‹ khaX › ‹ dzyiX ›
Old
Chinese
/*ʰˁaʔ/ /*əʔ/
English may; acceptable depend on

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
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 7446 12047
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʰaːlʔ/ /*djɯʔ/

Adjective

可恃

  1. (literary) dependable; reliable

Synonyms