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Chinese
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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妒
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忌
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
|
dù
|
jì
|
Middle
Chinese
|
‹ tuH ›
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‹ giH ›
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Old
Chinese
|
/*tˁak-s/
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/*m-k(r)ək-s/
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| English
|
jealous
|
warn; avoid
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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
|
妒
|
忌
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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5291
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5774
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Phonetic
component
|
戸
|
己
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Rime
group
|
魚
|
之
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Rime
subdivision
|
0
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
|
妒
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忌
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Old
Chinese
|
/*tqaːs/
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/*ɡɯs/
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Verb
妒忌
- to be jealous; to envy; to be envious
Synonyms
- 吃味 (chīwèi) (regional)
- 妒嫉 (dùjí)
- 妒恨 (dùhèn) (literary)
- 媢嫉 (màojí) (literary)
- 嫉妒 (jídù)
- 忌 (jì)
- 忌垢 (ji4 gou4) (Sichuanese)
- 忌妒 (jìdù)
- 怨妒 (Hokkien)
- 惡妒 / 恶妒 (Hokkien)
- 欣羨 / 欣羡 (xīnxiàn) (literary or Min Nan)
- 歆羨 / 歆羡 (xīnxiàn) (literary or Min Nan)
- 目珠紅 / 目珠红 (Puxian Min)
- 目空刺 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 目空赤 (Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
- 目紅 / 目红 (Xiamen Hokkien, Quanzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
- 目赤 (Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
- 眼氣 / 眼气 (nie2 qi3) (Jin)
- 眼紅 / 眼红 (yǎnhóng)
- 紅目 / 红目 (Hokkien)
- 羨慕 / 羡慕 (xiànmù)
- 葡萄 (pou4 tou4) (Cantonese, Hong Kong, neologism)
- 豔羨 / 艳羡 (yànxiàn) (formal)
- 赤狗目 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
- 赤目 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
Derived terms
Descendants