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起居

起居

Chinese

		to rise; to raise; to get up	reside
simp. and trad. (起居)		起	居

Noun

起居

(literary) daily life; activities

Verb

起居

(archaic) to give one's regards to; to pay respect to somebody

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): qǐjū

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄐㄩ
Min Nan (POJ): khí-kir / khí-ku / khí-ki

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: qǐjū
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄐㄩ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiijiu
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕy⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-kir
  - Tâi-lô: khí-kir
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kɯ³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-ku
  - Tâi-lô: khí-ku
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qy'kw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ku⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-ki
  - Tâi-lô: khí-ki
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qy'ky
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ki⁴⁴/