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脆
脆
Translingual
Han character
脆 (radical 130 肉+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 月弓一山 (BNMU), four-corner 77212)
References
- KangXi: page 982, character 3
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29468
- Dae Jaweon: page 1434, character 9
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2069, character 4
- Unihan data for U+8106
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
脆 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (絕) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 蕝 | *ʔsods, *ʔsod |
| 脃 | *sʰods |
| 脆 | *sʰods |
| 絕 | *zod |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi3
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhe / chhoi
- Min Nan (POJ): chhè
- Wu (Wiktionary): qoe (T2)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄟˋ
- Wade-Giles: ts'ui4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuey
- IPA (key): /t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
-
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: ceoi3
- Yale: cheui
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey3
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰɵy̯³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhe / chhoi
- Hakka Romanization System: ce / coi
- Hagfa Pinyim: ce4 / coi4
- IPA: /t͡sʰe⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰo̯i⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhè
- Tâi-lô: tshè
- Phofsit Daibuun: zhex
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰe²¹/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰe⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰe²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰe¹¹/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰe²¹/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: qoe (T2)
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰø³⁴/
- (Shanghainese)
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 脆 |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /t͡sʰuei⁵¹/ |
| Harbin | /t͡sʰuei⁵³/ | |
| Tianjin | /t͡sʰuei⁵³/ | |
| Jinan | /t͡sʰuei²¹/ | |
| Qingdao | /ʈ͡ʂʰue⁴²/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /t͡sʰuei³¹²/ | |
| Xi'an | /t͡sʰuei⁴⁴/ | |
| Xining | /t͡sʰuɨ²¹³/ | |
| Yinchuan |
/t͡sʰuei⁵³/ 易折損 /t͡sʰuei¹³/ 清～ |
|
| Lanzhou | /t͡sʰuei¹³/ | |
| Ürümqi | /t͡sʰuei²¹³/ | |
| Wuhan | /t͡sʰei³⁵/ | |
| Chengdu | /t͡sʰuei¹³/ | |
| Guiyang | /t͡sʰuei²¹³/ | |
| Kunming | /t͡sʰuei²¹²/ | |
| Nanjing | /t͡sʰuəi⁴⁴/ | |
| Hefei | /t͡sʰe⁵³/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /t͡sʰuei⁴⁵/ |
| Pingyao | /t͡sʰuei³⁵/ | |
| Hohhot | /t͡sʰuei⁵⁵/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /t͡sʰe³⁵/ |
| Suzhou | /t͡sʰe̞⁵¹³/ | |
| Hangzhou | /t͡sʰz̩ʷei⁴⁴⁵/ | |
| Wenzhou | /t͡sʰai³⁵/ | |
| Hui | Shexian |
/t͡ɕʰye³²⁴/ /t͡ɕʰy³²⁴/ |
| Tunxi | /t͡sʰe⁴²/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /t͡sʰei⁵⁵/ |
| Xiangtan | /t͡sʰəi⁵⁵/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | /t͡sʰui²¹³/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /t͡sʰoi⁵³/ |
| Taoyuan | ||
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /t͡sʰøy³³/ |
| Nanning | /t͡sʰui³³/ | |
| Hong Kong | /t͡sʰøy³³/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) |
/t͡sʰui²¹/ /t͡sʰe²¹/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /t͡sʰuɔi²¹²/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /t͡sʰo³³/ | |
| Shantou (Min Nan) | /t͡sʰui⁵³/ | |
| Haikou (Min Nan) |
/sui³⁵/ /se³⁵/ |
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 脆 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 清 (14) |
| Final (韻) | 祭 (36) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 此芮切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/t͡sʰiuᴇiH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/t͡sʰʷiɛiH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/t͡sʰiuæiH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/t͡sʰwiajH/ |
| Li Rong |
/t͡sʰiuɛiH/ |
| Wang Li |
/t͡sʰĭwɛiH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/t͡sʰi̯wɛiH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
cuì |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 脆 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
cuì |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ tshjwejH › |
| Old Chinese |
/*[tsʰ]o[t]-s/ |
| English | brittle |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 脆 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 7250 |
| Phonetic component |
絕 |
| Rime group |
祭 |
| Rime subdivision |
3 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
毳 |
| Old Chinese |
/*sʰods/ |
| Notes | 俗脃字見老子今本（範本作脃） |
Adjective
脆
Compounds
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Japanese
Kanji
脆
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
脆 • (chwi) (hangeul 취, revised chwi, McCune-Reischauer ch'wi, Yale chwi)
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