起乩

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Chinese

		to rise; to raise; to get up	to divine
trad. (起乩)		起	乩
simp. ^#(起乩)		起	乩

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qǐjī

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄐㄧ
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): hí-kî

(Hailu, HRS): hi^ˊ gi^ˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qǐjī
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄐㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cǐji
  - Wade–Giles: chʻi³-chi¹
  - Yale: chǐ-jī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiiji
  - Palladius: цицзи (ciczi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hí-kî
  - Hakka Romanization System: hi^ˋ gi^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hi³ gi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /hi³¹ ki²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: hi^ˊ gi^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /hi²⁴⁻³³ ki⁵³/

Verb

起⫽乩 (verb-object)

(religion) to be possessed by spiritual entities and start dancing and prophesying (of a spirit medium)

Synonyms

上童 (Hokkien)
起童 (Hokkien)
趒童 (Hokkien)
跳童 (Hokkien)
降乩 (jiàngjī)

References

“Entry #22513”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.

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