可畏

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Chinese

can; may; able to
can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)
 
to fear
simp. and trad.
(可畏)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (29) (34)
Final () (94) (21)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter khaX 'jw+jH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kʰɑX/ /ʔʉiH/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʰɑX/ /ʔʷɨiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/kʰɑX/ /ʔiuəiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kʰaX/ /ʔujH/
Li
Rong
/kʰɑX/ /ʔiuəiH/
Wang
Li
/kʰɑX/ /ĭwəiH/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/kʰɑX/ /ʔwe̯iH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
wèi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ho2 wai3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
wèi
Middle
Chinese
‹ khaX › ‹ ʔjwɨjH ›
Old
Chinese
/*ʰˁaʔ/ /*ʔuj-s/
English may; acceptable fear (v.); threaten

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 12939
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʰaːlʔ/ /*quls/

Adjective

可畏

  1. dreadful; horrible
  2. formidable

Derived terms