咨嗟

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Chinese

consult sigh
trad. (咨嗟)
simp. #(咨嗟)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (13) (13)
Final () (15) (100)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter tsij tsjae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡siɪ/ /t͡sia/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡si/ /t͡sia/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡sjɪ/ /t͡sia/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡si/ /t͡sia/
Li
Rong
/t͡si/ /t͡sia/
Wang
Li
/t͡si/ /t͡sĭa/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡si/ /t͡si̯a/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jiē
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zi1 ze1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
jiē
Middle
Chinese
‹ tsij › ‹ tsjæ ›
Old
Chinese
/*ij/ /*tsAj/
English consult; plan (v.) sigh; alas!

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. 1785 18026
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ʔsli/ /*ʔsljal/

Verb

咨嗟

  1. (literary) to highly praise; to gasp in admiration
  2. (literary) to sigh (with regret); to heave a sigh

Synonyms

  • (to highly praise):
  • (to sigh):