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呼吸
呼吸
Chinese
to call; to cry; to shout; to breath out; to exhale
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to breathe; to suck in; to absorb; to inhale
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simp. and trad. (呼吸) |
呼 | 吸 | |
Verb
呼吸
Noun
呼吸
Derived terms
Descendants
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 呼 | 吸 |
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こ Grade: 6 |
きゅう Grade: 6 |
| on'yomi | |
Noun
呼吸 (hiragana こきゅう, romaji kokyū)
- a breath
- respiration
- knack; the trick (to something)
Derived terms
See also
Verb
呼吸する (hiragana こきゅうする, romaji kokyū suru)
Conjugation
Conjugation of "呼吸する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | ||||
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| Imperfective (未然形) | 呼吸し | こきゅうし | kokyū shi | |
| Continuative (連用形) | 呼吸し | こきゅうし | kokyū shi | |
| Terminal (終止形) | 呼吸する | こきゅうする | kokyū suru | |
| Attributive (連体形) | 呼吸する | こきゅうする | kokyū suru | |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 呼吸すれ | こきゅうすれ | kokyū sure | |
| Imperative (命令形) | 呼吸せよ¹ 呼吸しろ² |
こきゅうせよ¹ こきゅうしろ² |
kokyū seyo¹ kokyū shiro² |
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| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | 呼吸される | こきゅうされる | kokyū sareru | |
| Causative | 呼吸させる 呼吸さす |
こきゅうさせる こきゅうさす |
kokyū saseru kokyū sasu |
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| Potential | 呼吸できる | こきゅうできる | kokyū dekiru | |
| Volitional | 呼吸しよう | こきゅうしよう | kokyū shiyō | |
| Negative | 呼吸しない | こきゅうしない | kokyū shinai | |
| Negative continuative | 呼吸せず | こきゅうせず | kokyū sezu | |
| Formal | 呼吸します | こきゅうします | kokyū shimasu | |
| Perfective | 呼吸した | こきゅうした | kokyū shita | |
| Conjunctive | 呼吸して | こきゅうして | kokyū shite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 呼吸すれば | こきゅうすれば | kokyū sureba | |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative | ||||
Etymology
From 呼 (hū, “to breathe out”) + 吸 (xī, “to breathe in”)
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): fu1 kap1
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fû-khip
- Min Dong (BUC): hù-ngék
- Min Nan (POJ): ho͘-khip
- Wu (Wiktionary): hu xiq (T1)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨ ㄒㄧ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hushi
- IPA (key): /xu⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/
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- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: fu1 kap1
- Yale: fū kāp
- Cantonese Pinyin: fu1 kap7
- IPA (key): /fuː⁵⁵ kʰɐp̚⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fû-khip
- Hakka Romanization System: fu´ kib`
- Hagfa Pinyim: fu1 kib5
- IPA: /fu²⁴ kʰip̚²/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: hù-ngék
- IPA (key): /hu⁵³⁻²¹ ŋɛiʔ²⁴/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ho͘-khip
- Tâi-lô: hoo-khip
- Phofsit Daibuun: ho'qib
- IPA (Xiamen): /hɔ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰip̚³²/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔ³³ kʰip̚⁵/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰip̚³²/
- IPA (Taipei): /hɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰip̚³²/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰip̚³²/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: hu xiq (T1)
- IPA (key): /hv̩ʷ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɪʔ²¹/
- (Shanghainese)
| Rime | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 呼 | 吸 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 曉 (32) | 曉 (32) |
| Final (韻) | 模 (23) | 緝 (142) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | Chongniu III |
| Fanqie | 荒烏切 | 許及切 |
| Reconstructions | ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/huo/ | /hˠiɪp̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/huo/ | /hᵚip̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/xo/ | /xiep̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/hɔ/ | /hjip̚/ |
| Li Rong |
/xo/ | /xjəp̚/ |
| Wang Li |
/xu/ | /xĭĕp̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/xuo/ | /xi̯əp̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
hū | xi |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |||
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| Character | 呼 | 呼 | 吸 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
hū | hù | xī |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ xu › | ‹ xuH › | ‹ xip › |
| Old Chinese |
/*qʰˤa/ | /*qʰˤa-s/ | /*qʰ(r)əp/ |
| English | call out, shout | call out, shout | inhale |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |||
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
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| Character | 呼 | 吸 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 5181 | 5667 |
| Phonetic component |
乎 | 及 |
| Rime group |
魚 | 緝 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
呼 | 吸 |
| Old Chinese |
/*qʰaː/ | /*qʰrɯb/ |