豈敢

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See also: 岂敢

Chinese

how can it be that dare
trad. (豈敢)
simp. (岂敢)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (29) (28)
Final () (20) (143)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III I
Fanqie
Baxter khj+jX kamX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kʰɨiX/ /kɑmX/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʰɨiX/ /kɑmX/
Shao
Rongfen
/kʰiəiX/ /kɑmX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kʰɨjX/ /kamX/
Li
Rong
/kʰiəiX/ /kɑmX/
Wang
Li
/kʰĭəiX/ /kɑmX/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/kʰe̯iX/ /kɑmX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
gǎn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
hei2 gam2
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 2/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
gǎn
Middle
Chinese
‹ khj+jX › ‹ kamX ›
Old
Chinese
/*C.qʰəjʔ/ /*ˁamʔ/
English how dare

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 # 2/2 1/1
No. 10123 3674
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ŋ̊ʰɯlʔ/ /*klaːmʔ/
Notes

Verb

豈敢

  1. (literary) how could I dare to; how dare he

Interjection

豈敢

  1. I don't deserve such praise or honor; You flatter me