謦欬

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Chinese

cough; sound of laughter
trad. (謦欬)
simp. #(謦欬)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 2/2
Initial () (29) (29)
Final () (125) (41)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () IV I
Fanqie
Baxter khengX khojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kʰeŋX/ /kʰʌiH/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʰeŋX/ /kʰəiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/kʰɛŋX/ /kʰɒiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kʰɛjŋX/ /kʰəjH/
Li
Rong
/kʰeŋX/ /kʰᴀiH/
Wang
Li
/kʰieŋX/ /kʰɒiH/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/kʰieŋX/ /kʰɑ̆iH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
qǐng kài
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
hing2 hoi3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
qǐng
Middle
Chinese
‹ khengX ›
Old
Chinese
/*ˁeŋʔ/
English cough, clear the throat

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 1/2
No. 10515 4820
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʰeːŋʔ/ /*kʰɯːɡs/

Verb

謦欬

  1. (literary, onomatopoeia) to cough
  2. (literary) to talk casually; to have a pleasant chat

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