欷歔

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Chinese

to sob to snort
trad. (欷歔)
simp. #(欷歔)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial () (32) (32)
Final () (20) (22)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter xj+j xjo
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/hɨi/ /hɨʌ/
Pan
Wuyun
/hɨi/ /hiɔ/
Shao
Rongfen
/xiəi/ /xiɔ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/hɨj/ /hɨə̆/
Li
Rong
/xiəi/ /xiɔ/
Wang
Li
/xĭəi/ /xĭo/
Bernard
Karlgren
/xe̯i/ /xi̯wo/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
hei1 heoi1

Verb

欷歔

  1. (literary) Alternative form of 唏噓唏嘘 (xīxū, to sob; to weep)