汲汲

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Chinese

		draw water from well	draw water from well
trad. (汲汲)		汲	汲
simp. ^#(汲汲)		汲	汲

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jíjí

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ ㄐㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kap¹ kap¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jíjí
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄐㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jíjí
  - Wade–Giles: chi²-chi²
  - Yale: jí-jí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyijyi
  - Palladius: цзицзи (cziczi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
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    伋伋
    岌岌
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kap¹ kap¹
  - Yale: kāp kāp
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kap⁷ kap⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: keb¹ keb¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐp̚⁵ kʰɐp̚⁵/

Middle Chinese: kip kip

Rime
Character	汲
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	緝 (142)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	居立切
Baxter	kip
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠiɪp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚip̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kiep̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kjip̚/
Li Rong	/kjəp̚/
Wang Li	/kĭĕp̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯əp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ji
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gap¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*krɯb krɯb/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	汲
Reading #	1/1
No.	5660
Phonetic component	及
Rime group	緝
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	急
Old Chinese	/*krɯb/

Adjective

汲汲

(ideophonic, literary) eager (for); intent (on); hurried
- 其往送也，望望然，汲汲然，如有追而弗及也。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
  From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE
  Qí wǎng sòng yě, wàngwàng rán, jíjí rán, rú yǒu zhuī ér fú jí yě.
  When (the mourners) went, accompanying the coffin (to the grave), they looked forward, with an expression of eagerness, as if they were following some one, and unable to get up to him.
(ideophonic, literary) anxious; uneasy; worried
(ideophonic, literary) deferential; cautious
(ideophonic, literary) Alternative form of 岌岌 (jíjí, “perilous; precarious”)

Derived terms

Verb

汲汲

(literary) to strive one's hardest to seek

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
汲	汲
きゅう Jinmeiyō	きゅう Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 汲汲 – see the following entry.

【汲々きゅうきゅう】

(ideophonic, literary) intent

(This term, 汲汲, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
汲	汲

Noun

汲汲 • (geupgeup) (hangeul 급급)

Hanja form^? of 급급 (“intent”).

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