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醯醢

醯醢

Chinese

		vinegar; wine; liquor	minced meat; pickled meat
simp. and trad. (醯醢)		醯	醢

Noun

醯醢

a kind of fish paste
condiments in general
mincing the criminal (a type of punishment in imperial China)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): xīhǎi

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄏㄞˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hei¹ hoi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: xīhǎi
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄏㄞˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shihae
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
    
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    醯醢
    西海
    醯醢
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hei¹ hoi²
  - Yale: hēi hói
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hei¹ hoi²
  - IPA ^(key): /hei̯⁵⁵ hɔːi̯³⁵/

Middle Chinese: /hei hʌi^X/▼

Rime
Character	醯	醢
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	I
Fanqie	呼雞切	呼改切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hei/	/hʌi^X/
Pan Wuyun	/hei/	/həi^X/
Shao Rongfen	/xɛi/	/xɒi^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hɛj/	/həj^X/
Li Rong	/xei/	/xᴀi^X/
Wang Li	/xiei/	/xɒi^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/xiei/	/xɑ̆i^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xī	hǎi

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*qʰeː qʰɯːʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	醯	醢
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	13349	15592
Phonetic component	醯	又
Rime group	支	之
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	醯	海
Old Chinese	/*qʰeː/	/*qʰɯːʔ/