騤騤

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Chinese

		powerful; strong	powerful; strong
trad. (騤騤)		騤	騤
simp. (骙骙)		骙	骙

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kuíkuí

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄟˊ ㄎㄨㄟˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kwai⁴ kwai⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kuíkuí
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄟˊ ㄎㄨㄟˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kuéikuéi
  - Wade–Giles: kʻuei²-kʻuei²
  - Yale: kwéi-kwéi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kweikwei
  - Palladius: куйкуй (kujkuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵ kʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kwai⁴ kwai⁴
  - Yale: kwàih kwàih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kwai⁴ kwai⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: kuei⁴ kuei⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐi̯²¹ kʷʰɐi̯²¹/

Middle Chinese: gwij gwij

Rime
Character	騤
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	脂 (18)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	渠追切
Baxter	gwij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡˠiuɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡʷᵚi/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiuɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gjwi/
Li Rong	/ɡjui/
Wang Li	/ɡwi/
Bernhard Karlgren	/gwi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kuí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kwai⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷril ɡʷril/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	騤
Reading #	1/2
No.	4651
Phonetic component	癸
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	逵
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷril/
Notes	集韻改渠龜切

Adjective

騤騤

(literary, of a horse) majestic; vigorous

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 騤騤 – see 睽睽 (“wide open and staring”). (This term is an obsolete form of 睽睽).

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