嬉遊

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Chinese

amusement to roam; travel
trad. (嬉遊/嬉游) /
simp. (嬉游)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/1
Initial () (32) (32) (36)
Final () (19) (19) (136)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () III III III
Fanqie
Baxter xi xiH yuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/hɨ/ /hɨH/ /jɨu/
Pan
Wuyun
/hɨ/ /hɨH/ /jiu/
Shao
Rongfen
/xie/ /xieH/ /iəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/hɨ/ /hɨH/ /juw/
Li
Rong
/xiə/ /xiəH/ /iu/
Wang
Li
/xĭə/ /xĭəH/ /jĭəu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/xi/ /xiH/ /i̯ə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yóu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
hei1 hei3 jau4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
yóu
Middle
Chinese
‹ yuw ›
Old
Chinese
/*ru/
English wander about

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 # 1/2 2/2 1/1
No. 13409 13421 15546
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qʰlɯ/ /*qʰlɯs/ /*lu/
Notes

Verb

嬉遊

  1. to amuse oneself; to play; to have fun
  2. to go sightseeing; to stroll about

Synonyms

  • (to amuse oneself):
  • (to go sightseeing):